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Love in a Time of War: The best new sweeping, escapist historical fiction book release of the year!: Book 1 (The Three Fry Sisters)

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Etta is an artist but after meeting the love of her life Carlo in the course of her work she elopes with him to Capri hiding the truth behind her sudden departure. My mother’s family lost two young men — my great-uncles John and Alphonsus Edwards — in battles during WWI, and my own grandfather, Thomas Chinn, was gassed with mustard gas and suffered a shrapnel wound which would eventually kill him in 1949. If you like slow moving long historical fiction novels with zero closure then this is the perfect book for you 😂😂😂.

There is a certain Chekhovian theme, of a conflict between illusions, dreams and reality, which could be traced through the storylines of all Fry women (mother and daughters). Having never read any of this author’s works before, I thought the story was well-written and a story that draws the reader into the lives of the Fry Sisters. I began scrolling and reading — they apologised for the delay getting back … they received so many submissions … but, they’d all read the book and loved it and wanted to offer me a 2-book deal! You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. 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.Celia is the eldest, separated from her German fiancé Max, involving herself with the efforts of Mrs Fawcett’s National Union of Women’s Suffrage, writing newspaper articles always hoping that her gender will be recognised, her photographs – a skill learned from her father Gerald – capturing the times and the impacts of the conflict on the home front. Thank you to Harper Collins and One More Chapter for the invitation to read this ebooks via NetGalley. 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. I needed to know if Celie was really happy with her decision (my guess is no), is Jessie will survive her mother-in-law and if Etta is still suffering from mental issues and so much more!

For the most part each chapter covers one of the girls and Christina and while that could be confusing I felt it worked because of the different settings of Capri, England and Egypt. Fifty Shades of Grey" gets high marks on my favorites list -- not for character development or dialogue (definitely not! Love In A Time Of War by Adrienne Chinn is the first in an up and coming trilogy which follows the lives of the three Fry sisters.Cecelia – Celie – is the oldest of the three, in love with her German teacher, Max, and planning a life with him. It was one of those rare books where I became so caught up in the characters and their story that I really didn’t want it to end – and I couldn’t be more delighted that this is the first in a planned trilogy, and that I’ll have the opportunity to immerse myself in their lives and experiences once more. I’ve always been aware of the war through my family’s experiences, and I am a great history buff, having read English and History as an undergraduate. Interestingly, it is also a dual time narrative with flashbacks to the sisters mother, Christina, at the same age but in Italy where she grew up.

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