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The Avenue Goes to War av R. F. Delderfield
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The Avenue Goes to War (utgåvan 2018)

av R. F. Delderfield (Författare)

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The residents of a South London street face World War II together in this novel from the New York Times-bestselling author of The Dreaming Suburb. Years ago, the Great War tore apart the lives of the families living on Manor Park Avenue in South London. Now, as Allied and Axis armies rage across Europe in an even more devastating conflict, the residents of the Avenue struggle to cope with the sacrifices England must make as their nation's place in the world irrevocably changes.   Longtime homeowner Jim Carver, who lives in Number Twenty, had his fill of combat in the trenches of France more than twenty years ago. But when the Luftwaffe rains death from above on his beloved street, he dedicates himself to the war effort.   Carver's eldest son, Archie, has come a long way from grocer's errand boy to owner of a chain of successful shops. His illicit affair with a neighbor whose husband is fighting for King and Country threatens to undo everything he has achieved.   Esther Frith lives a solitary life in Number Seventeen, seemingly oblivious to the aerial onslaught ravaging the Avenue now that the war has turned her family into casualties.   And across the road at Number Twenty-Two, reclusive Harold Godbeer hates what the war is doing to his country. He realizes that even if England succeeds in helping defeat the Axis's tyrannical dictators, his nation will be but a shadow of its former glory.   Living side by side as their neighborhood becomes a battleground, two generations of Manor Park Avenue must unite if they--and their way of life--are to survive during wartime, in this moving novel about the connections we forge during times of trouble, which was also adapted for British television.  … (mer)
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Titel:The Avenue Goes to War
Författare:R. F. Delderfield (Författare)
Info:Open Road Media (2018), 737 pages
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Delderfield based The Avenue on a real street in Croydon, and I could recognise the descriptions as I read the book, which made it more interesting. ( )
  mlfhlibrarian | Sep 25, 2013 |
Delderfield is a very good writer: In the sense he puts believable characters on the page who reflect very well the 'age'/'era' of the novelist. The Avenue Goes to War is a really enjoyable read: It is a narrative setting things out rather as many of us Brits would prefer to believe they were for that incredibly courageous generation living and experiencing through the dark days of World War Two. This implication will elude many: Some decades after it was written the Avenue in wartime will still appeal to the average Daily Mail reader - - it sort of 'is' just how the imagined folk got through those enormously unpredictable, violent, tragic times - - even when characters endure or tragedy overtakes them the stoicism is immaculate throughout. There is nothing wrong with a thoroughly good story told in a very comfortable manner and Delderfield is a master of that style of tale. ( )
  tommi180744 | Sep 7, 2013 |
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The residents of a South London street face World War II together in this novel from the New York Times-bestselling author of The Dreaming Suburb. Years ago, the Great War tore apart the lives of the families living on Manor Park Avenue in South London. Now, as Allied and Axis armies rage across Europe in an even more devastating conflict, the residents of the Avenue struggle to cope with the sacrifices England must make as their nation's place in the world irrevocably changes.   Longtime homeowner Jim Carver, who lives in Number Twenty, had his fill of combat in the trenches of France more than twenty years ago. But when the Luftwaffe rains death from above on his beloved street, he dedicates himself to the war effort.   Carver's eldest son, Archie, has come a long way from grocer's errand boy to owner of a chain of successful shops. His illicit affair with a neighbor whose husband is fighting for King and Country threatens to undo everything he has achieved.   Esther Frith lives a solitary life in Number Seventeen, seemingly oblivious to the aerial onslaught ravaging the Avenue now that the war has turned her family into casualties.   And across the road at Number Twenty-Two, reclusive Harold Godbeer hates what the war is doing to his country. He realizes that even if England succeeds in helping defeat the Axis's tyrannical dictators, his nation will be but a shadow of its former glory.   Living side by side as their neighborhood becomes a battleground, two generations of Manor Park Avenue must unite if they--and their way of life--are to survive during wartime, in this moving novel about the connections we forge during times of trouble, which was also adapted for British television.  

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