02075nam 2200469 450 991016266470332120240214105333.01-101-90676-6(CKB)3710000001044405(MiAaPQ)EBC6041796(Au-PeEL)EBL6041796(OCoLC)970660503(EXLCZ)99371000000104440520240214d2017 uy 1engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Chilbury Ladies' Choir A Novel /Jennifer RyanFirst edition.New York, NY :Crown,[2017]©20171 online resource (409 pages)1-101-90675-8 Letters and journals reveal the struggles, affairs, deceptions, and triumphs of five members of a village choir during World War II as they band together to survive the upheavals of war and village intrigue on the English home front.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 resurrect themselves as the Chilbury Ladies' Choir. There's 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.Choirs (Music)EnglandFictionWomenEnglandFictionWorld War, 1939-1945EnglandFictionChoirs (Music)WomenWorld War, 1939-1945813.6Ryan Jennifer1973-1079690MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910162664703321The Chilbury Ladies' Choir2592370UNINA