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I thought the summer before the war was fascinating in terms of an author trying to follow up a hit debut major pettigrews last stand

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I admire helen simonson for attempting a much more ambitious novel as her second outing

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I also thought the author nicely showed the love of young daniel for his friend craigmore without ever putting any labels on it though craigmores father tried to destroy daniel out of his horror over the relationship

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The characters came alive as did the era

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Authentic period detail and local color intriguing plot well realized characters feminist and antiwar themes

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A very good novel set in the english countryside just before and during world war i

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The plot is not entirely unique

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I often wonder how i would have survived in a world where i was restricted because i a a woman