The Chalky Sea

Name: The Chalky Sea
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Clare Flynn
ISBN: 9781541444089

Author: Clare Flynn

Series: Canadians #1

Narrator: Sarah Zimmerman

Unabridged: 8 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/11/2018

Categories: Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

Two troubled people in a turbulent world.

In July 1940, Gwen Collingwood drops her husband at the railway station, knowing she may never see him again. Two days later her humdrum world is torn apart when her sleepy English seaside town is subjected to the first of many heavy bombing attacks.

In Ontario, Canada, Jim Armstrong is uncertain whether to volunteer for the army. When he uncovers the secret his fiance has been keeping from him his decision is clear. A few weeks later he is on a ship bound for England.

Gwen is forced to confront the truth about her past and her own feelings for her husband. Jim battles with a bewildering and hostile world far removed from the cozy life of his Canadian farm. War brings horror and loss to each of them—can it also bring change and salvation?

About Clare Flynn

Award-winning author, Clare Flynn is a former global marketing director. She lives on the south coast of England. Her first novel, A Greater World, set in the Blue Mountains of Australia in the 1920s, was awarded an Indie BRAG Medallion in 2015. Kurinji Flowers, a gripping story of love and loss set in colonial India on a tea plantation in the 1930s and 40s, also gained a BRAG Award in 2015. Letters from a Patchwork Quilt, achieved a 5 Star Medallion from Readers' Favorite. The Green Ribbons is set in rural England in 1900 and has also been honored with a coveted BRAG Medallion.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Helena

I think apart from the Cold War era, my favorite time in history is the Second World War, especially if the book is set in the UK. I love reading about the romantic dalliances during the Blitz, or tales of everyday bravery carried out by those working on the Home Front - women putting out fires, nur......more

Goodreads review by Susan

I must say that I am not a big lover of history books but I am fascinated with books set around the war years. There was such a tremendous innocence about the whole idea of fighting for ones King and Country. It was glorified sending off young men into a reality that was nothing like they were equip......more

Goodreads review by Waheed

These are not dark days; these are great days— the greatest days our country has ever lived. – Winston Churchill - 1941 In July 1940, in Eastbourne England, Gwen is at the railway station saying goodbye to her husband, Roger Collingwood, a military officer working for the Foreign Office and involved......more