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  • The Evening Chorus

  • A Novel
  • Written by: Helen Humphreys
  • Narrated by: Morag Sims
  • Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
  • 3.9 out of 5 stars (8 ratings)

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The Evening Chorus

Written by: Helen Humphreys
Narrated by: Morag Sims
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Publisher's Summary

"The Evening Chorus serenades people brutally marked by war, yet enduring to live - and relish - the tiny pleasures of another day. With her trademark prose - exquisitely limpid - Humphreys convinces us of the birdlike strength of the powerless." (Emma Donoghue)

Downed during his first mission, James Hunter is taken captive as a German POW. To bide the time, he studies a nest of redstarts at the edge of camp. Some prisoners plot escape; some are shot. And then, one day, James is called to the kommandant's office.

Meanwhile, back home, James' new wife, Rose, is on her own, free in a way she has never known. Then, James' sister, Enid, loses everything during the Blitz and must seek shelter with Rose. In a cottage near Ashdown forest, the two women jealously guard secrets but form a surprising friendship. Each of these characters will find unexpected freedom amid war's privations and discover confinements that come with peace.

The Evening Chorus is a beautiful, astonishing examination of love, loss, escape, and the ways in which the intrusions of the natural world can save us.

©2015 Helen Humphreys (P)2018 Audible, Inc.
Historical Fiction Literary Fiction
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What the critics say

“ The Evening Chorus sparkles.” (Jo Baker)
“A poised, lyrical novel about the griefs of war, written with poetic intensity of observation.” (Helen Dunmore)
“This riveting novel is a song. Listen.” (Richard Bausch)

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