Everyone Brave is Forgiven Paperback

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The breath-taking new novel from the multi-award-winning author of The Other Hand. When war is declared, Mary North leaves finishing school unfinished, goes straight to the War Office and signs up. Tom Shaw decides to give it a miss - until his flatmate Alistair unexpectedly enlists and the conflict can no longer be avoided. Young, bright and brave, Mary is certain she'd be a marvellous spy. When she is – bewilderingly - made a teacher, she instead finds herself defying prejudice to protect the children her country would rather forget. Tom, meanwhile, finds that he will do anything for Mary. And when Mary and Alistair meet, it is love, as well as war, that will test them in ways they could not have imagined, entangling three lives in violence and passion, friendship and deception, inexorably shaping their hopes and dreams. In a powerful combination of both humour and heartbreak, this dazzling novel weaves little-known history and a perfect love story, through the vast sweep of the Second World War - daring us to understand that, against the great theatre of world events, it is the intimate losses, the small battles, the daily human triumphs, that change us most.

 

About the Author

Chris Cleave's debut novel Incendiary was a prize-winner and international bestseller and his second novel, The Other Hand has found phenomenal success both in the UK and abroad, hitting number one on the New York Times bestseller list. He is married with three children and lives in Surrey. He keeps a website at www.chriscleave.com and can be found on twitter.com/chriscleave.

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