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“I was brought up to believe that everyone brave is forgiven, but in wartime courage is cheap and clemency out of season.”

December 16, 2018 by Caitlin_D Leave a Comment

I wonder if my lack of December reading progress has more to do with being busy with the holidays, my having already reached me 2018 reading goal or if it is because I have spent the last two weeks either depressed by or disappointed in my book choice. Perhaps it is a combination of the three. Everyone Brave is Forgiven focuses on three main characters who live in England at the onset of World War II. The novel opens with society girl Mary North who volunteers […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: Chris Cleave, everyone brave is forgiven

Caitlin_D's CBR10 Review No:123 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: Chris Cleave, everyone brave is forgiven ·
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Sneaking in another good one, before the deadline

December 31, 2016 by NTE 4 Comments

And here we have a full Cannonball, completed at the last possible moment! That’s fine though, because I’m at least finishing up with an excellent book.  Everyone Brave is Forgiven is the interwoven tale of three interesting and intrepid characters, set in World War II London.  From their very first introductions, till the bitter end of the story, I was so involved with them that I genuinely worried for them, given the fact that they were, you know, in an active war zone and all. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: Chris Cleave, everyone brave is forgiven, historical fiction, lovely, wartime, WWII

NTE's CBR8 Review No:52 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: Chris Cleave, everyone brave is forgiven, historical fiction, lovely, wartime, WWII ·
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