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The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson
3.0

Reading this reminded me of watching the series The Gilded Age, because nothing really happens and the major incidents are usually the wrong person going to tea at the wrong house and Society shuddering in response. And yet you still want to know what happens.
Overall this was very slow and a little boring. Daniel, Celeste, and Agatha do bring a lot of heart to the story. Wish we'd seen more of the clearly lesbians spinster couple.