"Just because the men have gone to war, why do we have to close the choir? And precisely when we need it most!" As England enters World War II's dark early days, spirited music professor Primrose Trent, recently arrived to the village of Chilbury, emboldens the women of the town to defy the Vicar's stuffy edict to shutter the church's choir in the absence of men and instead 'carry on singing'. Resurrecting themselves as "The Chilbury Ladies' Choir", the women of this small village soon use their joint song to lift up themselves, and the community, as the war tears through their lives. Told through letters and journals, The Chilbury Ladies' Choir moves seamlessly from budding romances to village intrigues to heartbreaking matters of life and death. As we come to know the struggles of the charismatic members of this unforgettable outfit -- a timid widow worried over her son at the front; the town beauty drawn to a rakish artist; her younger sister nursing an impossible crush and dabbling in politics she doesn't understand; a young Jewish refugee hiding secrets about her family, and a conniving midwife plotting to outrun her seedy past -- we come to see how the strength each finds in the choir's collective voice reverberates in her individual life. In turns funny, charming and heart-wrenching, this lovingly executed ensemble novel will charm and inspire, illuminating the true spirit of the women on the home front, in a village of indomitable spirit, at the dawn of a most terrible conflict.
The Chilbury Ladies' Choir -
Jennifer Ryan
Crown Publishing Group
2017
384 páginas
12h 48m
ISBN-10: 1101906758
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Jennifer Ryan
Born in a village in Kent, just south of London in the UK, my childhood was one of gallivanting around the countryside, often on bikes, climbing trees, cobbling dams over trickling streams, launching attacks on neighborhood factions, and eating cheese and tomato rolls in red telephone boxes to shelter from the rain. It is these memories, the pale English sunshine, the scent of lavender, honeysuckle, rose mingling with freshly cut grass, the sound of birds and bees and balls on tennis courts, that fill in the background of my stories, forming a full setting of a living, moving world. After school and college, I worked as an editor for nonfiction books in London, and as my editing and writing became stronger, I began to thread my way into writing fiction. But it was once I had married and moved to Washington, DC, that I began to write voraciously, and when I took time off work to have children, I found the space and time to write my first novel, The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir. It took five years of hearty researching, writing, and reworking, and I hope that you enjoy reading it as much as I loved creating it. The novel was is published by Crown Publishing in the US and HarperCollins UK, and by publishers in 12 different countries around the world. The TV rights have been optioned by Carnival, the makers of Downton Abbey.
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