COVENTRY

COVENTRY

by Helen Humphreys

HarperCollins Publishers Ltd | July 22, 2009 | Trade Paperback

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A stunning novel of love, loss and redemption, Coventry was published to rave reviews and became an instant bestseller in 2008. The Gazette (Montreal) called it "a small gem. . . . A beautifully sculpted, meticulously researched work." The novel opens on the fateful evening of November 14, 1940, when from her post as a firewatcher on the roof of Coventry Cathedral, Harriet watches the waves of German bombers approach. As the city is consumed by firestorms, Harriet flees alongside a young firewatcher named Jeremy, in search of safety and Jeremy''s mother, Maeve. But Maeve has escaped to the countryside, and when she and Harriet finally unite, it is Jeremy they hope to find alive. Coventry captures the unspeakable pain of loss and the ways in which we remember those we love.

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COVENTRY

COVENTRY

by Helen Humphreys

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A stunning novel of love, loss and redemption, Coventry was published to rave reviews and became an instant bestseller in 2008. The Gazette (Montreal) called it "a small gem. . . . A beautifully sculpted, meticulously researched work." The novel opens on the fateful evening of November 14, 1940, when from her post as a firewatcher on the roof of Coventry Cathedral, Harriet watches the waves of German bombers approach. As the city is consumed by firestorms, Harriet flees alongside a young firewatcher named Jeremy, in search of safety and Jeremy''s mother, Maeve. But Maeve has escaped to the countryside, and when she and Harriet finally unite, it is Jeremy they hope to find alive. Coventry captures the unspeakable pain of loss and the ways in which we remember those we love.

Format: Trade Paperback

Dimensions: 192 Pages, 5.12 × 7.87 × 0.39 in

Published: July 22, 2009

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd

Language: English

The following ISBNs are associated with this title:

ISBN - 10: 1554684773

ISBN - 13: 9781554684779

From the Critics

?Humphreys captures, most alluringly, the joyful and solitary nature of the human heart.?

(The Globe and Mail)

About the Author

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

(NOW Magazine)
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