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Dancing at the Victory Cafe
Leah Fleming
出版
Simon and Schuster
, 2016-11-03
主題
Fiction / Romance / General
Fiction / Historical / 20th Century / World War II
Fiction / Sagas
Fiction / Romance / Historical / 20th Century
Fiction / War & Military
Fiction / Romance / Historical / General
ISBN
1471159140
9781471159145
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=BEHjCwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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FROM THE ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF
THE LAST PEARL
AND THE CAPTAIN'S DAUGHTER
, this is a beautiful and dramatic novel about family secrets, wartime betrayal and redemption.
When
Isobel Morton
takes over the café in Lichfield’s market square, she has big plans. Soon renamed The Victory Café, with a menu that delights despite rations, the girls who work at the Vic are swept away by Belle’s lust for life.
Among the regular customers is a trio of soldiers from the nearby American base and waitress
Dorrie Goodman
soon befriends them, learning about jazz and romance in the process. But the stifling morality of a Midlands town in the 40s cannot accommodate such a friendship; jealously, hatred and the weight of public disapproval combine to precipitate a tragedy.
It is not until many years after the war that friendship and reconciliation can begin to heal the wounds of the past …
Praise for Leah Fleming
'I enjoyed it enormously.It's a moving and compelling story about a lifetime's journey in search of the truth'
RACHEL HORE
'A born storyteller'
KATE ATKINSON
