Love in a Time of War by Adrienne Chinn
Three sisters
In 1913, in a quiet corner of London, the three Fry sisters are coming of age, dreaming of all the possibilities the bright future offers. But when war erupts their innocence is shattered and a new era of uncertainty begins.
Cecelia loves Max but his soldier’s uniform is German, not British, and suddenly the one man she loves is the one man she can’t have.
Jessie enlists in the army as a nurse and finally finds the adventure she’s craved when she’s sent to Gallipoli and Egypt, but it comes with an unimaginable cost.
Etta elopes to Capri with her Italian love, Carlo, but though her growing bump is real, her marriage certificate is a lie.
As the three sisters embark on journeys they never could have imagined, their mother Christina worries about the harsh new realities they face, and what their exposure to the wider world means for the secrets she’s been keeping…
A
duel-time line novel visiting far-off lands...
On
the cusp of WWI, nineteen-year-old Celia Fry and her younger twin
sisters, Etta and Jessie, are young women who have very clear ideas
on how they want to live their lives. Living in comfortable means
with their parents, Christina and Gerald in Clover Bar, London, none
are prepared for the harsh realities of the impending Great War and
the locations it will lead them to.
The
title and the blurb drew me to this
enchanting novel, but it took some time and patience for me to fully
digest the initial introduction to all the characters. Once,
achieved, I fully embraced the narrative, as we not only follow the
Fry sisters but also the intriguing flashbacks from their mother's
point of view.
This
is the second novel I've read by this author and again, I am blown
away by the descriptive details of the various backdrops as these
determined young women face up to the realities of adulthood. I
appreciated how Ms. Chinn wrote the sisters so that their differing
personalities shone through as they embrace the suffrage movement in
their own individual way. It contrasts to how their mother is trying
to prevent her daughters from making the mistakes she did herself as
we learn about her life before she married Gerald.
As
you would expect from such a novel, it ends on a cliffhanger… and a
promise, leaving the reader craving for what could happen next?
Therefore, this first instalment of this evocative trilogy sets the
scene of what promises to be a truly memorable saga.
***arc
generously received courtesy of One More Chapter via NetGalley***
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Love-Time-War-sweeping-historical-ebook/dp/B09B6HXHR5
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Love-Time-War-sweeping-historical/dp/0008501602
https://www.amazon.com/Love-Time-War-sweeping-historical-ebook/dp/B09B6HXHR5
https://www.amazon.ca/Love-Time-War-sweeping-historical-ebook/dp/B09B6HXHR5
https://www.amazon.ca/Love-Time-War-Adrienne-Chinn/dp/0008517835/
https://www.amazon.com.au/Love-Time-War-sweeping-historical-ebook/dp/B09B6HXHR5
https://www.amazon.com.au/Love-Time-War-sweeping-historical/dp/0008501602
https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=Yw86EAAAQBAJ
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/love-in-a-time-of-war-adrienne-chinn/1139904619
https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/love-in-a-time-of/9780008517830-item.html
https://www.adrienne-chinn.co.uk/love-in-a-time-of-war/
https://www.facebook.com/adriennechinnauthor
