![]() ![]() ![]() Agent: Deborah Schneider, Gelfman Schneider Literary Agents. Liardet’s vivid descriptions of WWII combat and the idyll of the English countryside will draw readers from the very first page. Liardet’s complex narrative entices with its focus on how the characters are forever altered by the war and the tragic events of everyday life. As James meets people who once knew his wife, he discovers some of Yvette’s secrets, which, though painful, lead him to find hope for a chance at a new beginning with Ellen. James becomes better acquainted with residents such as the attractive widow Ellen Parr, and finds a scarf in the church resembling one of Yvette’s. ![]() Yvette dies in 1964 after a battle with leukemia, and 10 years later, with their son attending university, James takes a new job as vicar in the village of Upton, near where he and his wife first moved upon returning to England. After their return to England, James assumes his duties as a priest on the Hampshire coast. James Acton, an RAF pilot in WWII, flies dangerous missions in Tunisia and marries Yvette Haddad, whom he met in Egypt during the war. She studied Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. Liardet ( We Must Be Brave) delivers an introspective story of an Anglican priest striving to move forward after his wife’s death. Liardet is a masterful observer of the telling minutiae of life, from gestures and speech to the familiar things that surround us and from which we draw meaning. Liardet (born 10 December 1962) is a writer and translator of Arabic literature. ![]()
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