The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir: A Novel

The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir: A Novel

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Publisher: Broadway Books
Publication Year: 2017
ASIN: 1101906774
ISBN: 1101906774

If you're a fan of Lilac Girls and The Nightingale and any book whose atmosphere lands you squarely in an English village in the middle of war. From the publisher: "The women of Chilbury village forge an uncommon bond. They defy the Vicar's stuffy edict to close the choir and instead 'carry on singing,' resurrecting themselves as the Chilbury Ladies’ Choir." Charles Todd says this is "the most delicious cast of characters you'll ever meet—The Chilbury Ladies' Choir is a masterpiece of secrets, misdirection, village gossip, and gleeful disregard for anything but the main chance, as the Home Front learns to carry on. Seldom do you find a writer with such a deft touch—a remarkable debut."

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “A delightful debut.”—People 

For readers of Lilac Girls and The Nightingale, The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir unfolds the struggles, affairs, deceptions, and triumphs of a village choir during World War II.

As England becomes enmeshed in the early days of World War II and the men are away fighting, the women of Chilbury village forge an uncommon bond. They defy the Vicar’s stuffy edict to close the choir and instead “carry on singing,” resurrecting themselves as the Chilbury Ladies’ Choir. We come to know the home-front struggles of five unforgettable choir members: a timid widow devastated when her only son goes to fight; the older daughter of a local scion drawn to a mysterious artist; her younger sister pining over an impossible crush; a Jewish refugee from Czechoslovakia hiding a family secret; and a conniving midwife plotting to outrun her seedy past.

An enchanting ensemble story that shuttles from village intrigue to romance to the heartbreaking matters of life and death, Jennifer Ryan’s debut novel thrillingly illuminates the true strength of the women on the home front in a village of indomitable spirit.

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