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Old 07-03-2018, 10:21 PM   #29
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I haven't read it, but I did read a book that's been compared to it--also WWII, also epistolatory: The Chilbury Ladies' Choir by Jennifer Ryan. [...]
(I also liked The Nightingale and Lilac Girls, which the blurb references, though I don't see much similarity to Chilbury, other than the WWII setting and the focus on women.)
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I really liked this book, and we seem to have similar tastes. I really want to see the movie. It was very popular in the US at the time along with Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford and Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay. Next up on my list for books similar to these is The Nightingale. I haven’t read any books by Kristin Hannah yet.
Thank you both very much. This book club thing is not good for me. I keep discovering more I want to read, but no one is giving me any more hours in the day. Oh, woe is me.
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