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The Evening Chorus by Helen Humphreys

Amid the chaos of World War II, three people find unexpected freedom through their connection to the natural world--from the author of Rabbit Foot Bill.



Downed during his first mission, James Hunter is taken captive as a German POW. To bide the time, he studies a nest of redstarts at the edge of camp. Some prisoners plot escape; some are shot. And then, one day, James is called to the Kommandant's office. Meanwhile, back home, James's new wife, Rose, is on her own, free in a way she has never known. Then, James's sister, Enid, loses everything during the Blitz and must seek shelter with Rose. In a cottage near Ashdown forest, the two women jealously guard secrets, but form a surprising friendship. Each of these characters will find unexpected freedom amid war's privations and discover confinements that come with peace. The Evening Chorus is a beautiful, astonishing examination of love, loss, escape, and the ways in which the intrusions of the natural world can save us.





"The Evening Chorus serenades people brutally marked by war, yet enduring to live -- and relish -- the tiny pleasures of another day. With her trademark prose -- exquisitely limpid -- Humphreys convinces us of the birdlike strength of the powerless." -- Emma Donoghue



"The Evening Chorus sparkles." --Jo Baker



"A poised, lyrical novel about the griefs of war, written with poetic intensity of observation." --Helen Dunmore

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Helen Humphreys is the author of The Lost Garden, Afterimage, Leaving Earth, and Coventry, among other works. She currently resides in Kingston, Ontario.

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ISBN 13 9780544348691
ISBN 10 0544348699
Titel The Evening Chorus
Autor Helen Humphreys
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Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag Mariner Books
Erscheinungsjahr 2015-02-03
Seitenanzahl 304
Preise Governor General's Literary Awards
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