The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club
Book description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Historical fiction of the highest order . . . an absolute joy of a book, warm and romantic, and with so much to say about the lives of women in the years following World War I.”—Ann Napolitano, bestselling author of Hello Beautiful
A timeless comedy of manners—refreshing…
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It’s 1919, the Great War is over, and everyone is expected to get back to their pre-war lives. No one wants to see the maimed and the scarred, and women who went to work during the war are being pushed out of jobs that are to be given to the returning men. This is a beautifully crafted examination of post-war cultural upheaval, and Helen Simonson gives us everything we could look for in a novel of the human heart. Simonson’s gift of characterization lies in her ability to show us the story behind the story in just a few deft…
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