The Frequency of Us
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'A fascinating, beautiful, heartwarming novel. It kept me gripped from the very first chapter' -- BETH O'LEARY
In Second World War Bath, young, naive wireless engineer Will meets Austrian refugee Elsa Klein:…
Why read it?
1 author picked The Frequency of Us as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This story is about love, but it also has an element of mystery. It’s beautifully written and I actually missed the characters after I’d finished the book! I also love historical fiction, but this is a little bit different in that there’s a sprinkling of the supernatural.
The author brings so much emotion to the characters and the story; it stayed on my mind for a long time afterward.
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