The Dreaming Suburb
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The Dreaming Suburb by Ronald Frederick Delderfield
Between the wars, the lives of four neighboring English families intersect in this "highly recommended" saga by a New York Times-bestselling author (Sunday Express).
In the spring of 1919, his wife's death brings Sergeant Jim Carver home from the front. He returns to be a single parent to his seven children in a place he has never lived: Number Twenty, Manor Park Avenue, in a South London suburb.
The Carvers' neighbor Eunice Fraser, at Number Twenty-Two, has also known tragedy. Her soldier husband was killed, leaving her and her eight-year-old son, Esme, to fend for themselves.
At Number Four, Edith Clegg takes in lodgers and looks after her sister, Becky, whose mind has been shattered by a past trauma.
No one knows much about the Friths, at Number Seventeen, who moved to the Avenue before the war.
The first book in the two-part historical series the Avenue, which also includes The Avenue Goes to War, The Dreaming Suburb takes readers into the everyday lives of these English families between World War I and World War II, as their hopes, dreams, and struggles are played out against a radically changing world.
In the spring of 1919, his wife's death brings Sergeant Jim Carver home from the front. He returns to be a single parent to his seven children in a place he has never lived: Number Twenty, Manor Park Avenue, in a South London suburb.
The Carvers' neighbor Eunice Fraser, at Number Twenty-Two, has also known tragedy. Her soldier husband was killed, leaving her and her eight-year-old son, Esme, to fend for themselves.
At Number Four, Edith Clegg takes in lodgers and looks after her sister, Becky, whose mind has been shattered by a past trauma.
No one knows much about the Friths, at Number Seventeen, who moved to the Avenue before the war.
The first book in the two-part historical series the Avenue, which also includes The Avenue Goes to War, The Dreaming Suburb takes readers into the everyday lives of these English families between World War I and World War II, as their hopes, dreams, and struggles are played out against a radically changing world.
R.F.Delderfield was born in South London in 1912 and died in 1972. He went on to become editor of the Exmouth Chronicle newspaper after leaving school as a junior reporter. He began writing theater plays before going on to become a well-known novelist known for masterfully capturing segments of English life. He became one of Britain's most successful novelists with the release of his debut saga, A Horseman Riding By, and his novels have been bestsellers ever since. Many of his writings have been adapted for television, including the Horseman Riding By series, To Serve Them All My Days, the Avenue novels, and Diana.
| SKU | Nicht verfügbar |
| ISBN 13 | 9781504049290 |
| ISBN 10 | 1504049292 |
| Titel | The Dreaming Suburb |
| Autor | Ronald Frederick Delderfield |
| Serie | Avenue |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Open Road Media |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2018-01-09 |
| Seitenanzahl | 581 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
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