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A young woman's life is forever changed in the summer after World War I when she befriends a group of independent, motorcycle-riding women in a seaside town on the English coast—a captivating novel from the bestselling author of Major Pettigrew's Last Stand"You may find you've fallen head over heels for Ms. Simonson's funny, barbed, delightfully winsome storytelling"--The New York TimesIt is the summer of 1919 and Constance Haverhill is withou...

A young woman's life is forever changed in the summer after World War I when she befriends a group of independent, motorcycle-riding women in a seaside town on the English coast 'Written with great humour and compassion, it is an absolute delight' - PIP WILLIAMS 'An absolute joy of a book ... Historical fiction of the highest order' - ANN NAPOLITANO It is the summer of 1919 and Constance Haverhill is without prospects. Now that all the me...

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A timeless comedy of manners—refreshing as a summer breeze and bracing as the British seaside—about a generation of young women facing the seismic changes brought on by war and dreaming of the boundless possibilities of their future, from the bestselling author of Major Pettigrew's Last Stand"You may find you’ve fallen head over heels for Ms. Simonson’s funny, barbed, delightfully winsome storytelling.”—The New York TimesIt is the summer of 19...

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È l'estate del 1914 a Rye, un piccolo centro che emerge dalle paludi piatte del Sussex come una magnifica isola di tetti rossi protesa verso il mare. L'arciduca Francesco Ferdinando è stato assassinato a Sarajevo, ma la vita in paese scorre tranquilla. L'eco di quanto accade a Whitehall, la sede londinese del Foreign Office, di solito sonnolenta in quella stagione, e ora brulicante di funzionari affaccendati, politici e generali, giunge decisa...

La luminosa historia de una familia, una ciudad y un mundo en sus últimos momentos de inocencia. «Una novela para curar la ausencia de Downton Abbey.».-The Washington Post El verano de 1914 es uno de los más bellos que se recuerdan en la idílica ciudad inglesa de Rye. Allí acaba de llegar Beatrice Nash con un gran baúl de libros, ansia de independencia y nuevas ideas que pocos en Rye asocian a una profesora de latín. En un descanso de sus estu...

Eine zauberhafte Liebesgeschichte in bester englischer Tradition! Major a.D. Ernest Pettigrew führt das beschauliche Leben eines echten englischen Gentleman. Ehre, Pflicht, Wohlanständigkeit, Golfclub und Nachmittagstee sind die Anker seines Witwerlebens. In einem Moment völlig unpassender Schwäche, er hat soeben eine schlimme Nachricht erhalten, lernt er die ebenfalls verwitwete Ladenbesitzerin Mrs. Jasmina Ali kennen, und aus der gemeinsamen...

Im Sommer 1914 besucht der Medizinstudent Hugh seine geliebte Tante Agatha, deren Ehemann ein hoher Beamter in der Regierung ist. Er wird begleitet von seinem Cousin Daniel, der von einem Leben als Poet und englischer Gentleman träumt. Agatha besteht darauf, dass das Säbelrasseln auf dem Balkan unbeachtet verklingen wird und dass König, Kaiser und Zar wie immer in ihren Sommerurlaub gehen werden. Zudem ist sie mit weitaus Wichtigerem beschäfti...

È l'estate del 1914 a Rye, un piccolo centro che emerge dalle paludi piatte del Sussex come una magnifica isola di tetti rossi protesa verso il mare. L'arciduca Francesco Ferdinando è stato assassinato a Sarajevo, ma la vita in paese scorre tranquilla. L'eco di quanto accade a Whitehall, la sede londinese del Foreign Office, di solito sonnolenta in quella stagione, e ora brulicante di funzionari affaccendati, politici e generali, giunge decisa...

Ernest Pettigrew, ex maggiore dell'esercito britannico, è un uomo tutto d'un pezzo. Non perde tempo in frivolezze, né in inutili chiacchiere di paese. Ama la vita tranquilla, retta da valori solidi e intramontabili: decoro, senso del dovere e una tazza di tè fatto come Dio comanda. Ma la morte del fratello sembra aprire una breccia nel suo cuore, ed è allora che si abbandona all'amicizia per Jasmina Ali: la signora di origini pachistane che ge...

Ernest Pettigrew, ob seiner militärischen Vergangenheit von allen nur , Major' genannt, ist Brite durch und durch und pflegt Probleme jedweder Art mit einer guten Tasse Tee zu behandeln. Als der Witwer nun auch noch den Tod seines Bruders zu betrauern hat, rückt sein zurückgezogenes Leben ins Zentrum des dörflichen Interesses - wie unpassend, dass er sich gerade jetzt mit der pakistanischen Ladenbesitzerin Mrs. Ali anfreundet.

A witty and heartwarming story of an unexpected heroine and an unassuming Sussex village, caught up in WW1, from the bestselling author of "Major Pettigrew's Last Stand", which was an international bestseller and a Richard & Judy Book Club selection.

It is late summer in East Sussex, 1914. Amidst the season's splendour, fiercely independent Beatrice Nash arrives at the coastal town of Rye to take up a teaching position at the local grammar school. There she is taken under the wing of formidable matriarch Agatha Kent, who, along with her charming nephews, tries her best to welcome Beatrice to a community that remains resistant to the idea of female teachers. But change is coming, and the li...

East Sussex, 1914. It is the end of England s brief Edwardian summer, and everyone agrees that the weather has never been so beautiful. Hugh Grange, down from his medical studies, is visiting his Aunt Agatha, who lives with her husband in the small, idyllic coastal town of Rye. Agatha s husband works in the Foreign Office, and she is certain he will ensure that the recent saber rattling over the Balkans won t come to anything. And Agatha has m...

In the small village of Edgecombe St. Mary in the English countryside lives Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired), the unlikely hero of Helen Simonson's wondrous debut. Wry, courtly, opinionated, and completely endearing, the Major leads a quiet life valuing the proper things that Englishmen have lived by for generations: honor, duty, decorum, and a properly brewed cup of tea. But then his brother's death sparks an unexpected friendship with Mrs. J...

Originally published: New York: Random House, c2010.

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