Coventry
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Price:
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$24.95
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On Sale:
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25/08/2008
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Formats:
Hardcover
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On the evening of November 14, 1940, Harriet stands on the roof of the
cathedral in the British town of Coventry and marvels at the magnificence of
frost glittering beneath a full moon. But it is a bomber’s moon. The Germans are
coming to unleash destruction. For Harriet, Jeremy, the young man who shares her
duties as a firewatcher, and his free-spirited mother, Maeve, this single night
will resonate for the rest of their lives.
In a story of breathtaking beauty, with the wondrous poetic
style that has earned her international acclaim, Helen Humphreys recreates the
terror of the infamous Second World War bombing raid on Coventry. As Harriet and
Jeremy make their way through the burning city in search of Maeve, their trek
becomes a journey of fear and awe as they witness butter from the dairy flowing
down the streets in a burning stream and landmines on parachutes swimming like
jellyfish out of the darkness. Cold dread brings to life both a grief and a love
that Harriet thought she had put behind her forever.
Drawing on actual events of that horrific night in 1940,
Coventry is an astounding work, at once tense and lyrical, shocking and
exquisite. Touching on themes of love, loss, loneliness and remembrance,
Humphreys has crafted a story that will seize readers’ hearts and imaginations.
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Critical Praise for
Coventry
Humphreys
deploys her immense craft with spellbinding results in this story about
the Blitz in Coventry during the Second World War. Nobody conveys longing like Humphreys
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NOW Magazine
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