Helen Simonson, Author . Random $25 (358p) ISBN 978-1-4000-6893-7
In her charming debut novel, Simonson tells the tale of Maj. Ernest Pettigrew, an honor-bound Englishman and widower, and the very embodiment of duty and pride. As the novel opens, the major is mourning the loss of his younger brother, Bertie, and...
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Helen Simonson. Random House, $28 (496p) ISBN 978-0-8129-9310-3
Simonson’s dense follow-up to the bestselling Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand focuses on gender, class, and social mores in the town of Rye in Sussex, England, at the dawn of World War I. Following the death of her father, who raised her to be...
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Helen Simonson. Dial, $29 (432p) ISBN 978-1-9848-0131-9
Simonson (The Summer Before the War) delivers a thoughtful and witty tale of British men and women adjusting to a new normal after WWI. Spunky and observant Constance Haverhill worked as an estate manager during the war. Now, she’s reduced to...
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