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The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson
4.0

(I listened to the audio version on my walks this summer.) I was expecting a light British-y romance and I got a lot more. I loved it. I loved that Simonson didn't keep her world sterile and pleasant, but allowed it to be inhabited by pain and problems. True, it all got wrapped up rather nicely, but that was just the right tone for this book. (Am I the only one who really wants a movie out of this?) Great read.