Love in a Time of War: The best new sweeping, escapist historical fiction book release of the year!: Book 1 (The Three Fry Sisters)

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Set against the catastrophic and poignant historical backdrop, Love in a Time of War is a captivating exploration of the spirit of the women forging new lives during and after the WWI. Adrienne Chinn was born in Grand Falls, Newfoundland, grew up in Quebec, and eventually made her way to London, England after a career as a journalist. I was standing on platform 13 at Clapham Junction on a Friday afternoon in May, just before a Bank Holiday weekend, having taught that week. Like Milly the Fry's maid, she starts working in the dangerous ammunition factory, handling TNT and they became known as the canary girls.

The book is set in 1913, the author gets it absolutely spot on with the descriptions of the characters and the setting , when reading it you can clearly picture the type of places they are in . Jessie is the caretaker of the family; her medical skills send her on an international tour as she delivers care to the sick and wounded.Love In A Time Of War is the first in an expected trilogy which follows the lives of the three Fry sisters. All the Fry ladies are educated and refined, but unlike the Chekhov's Three Sisters, Cecelia, Jessie and Etta are able to change their lives.

Having done his best to provide a stable home for his daughters, encourage their interests and be a devoted husband, I was intensely moved by his discovery that all is not what it seems in his marriage.This, for me, was such a lovely and engaging read, it was sad, heart breaking, poignant and yet a very well written book that had my attention from the first page to the last and held it all the way through.

My mother’s family lost two young men — my great-uncles John and Alphonsus Edwards — in battles during WWI, and my own grandfather, Thomas Chinn, was gassed with mustard gas and suffered a shrapnel wound which would eventually kill him in 1949. She trains as a nurse and enlists in the army and is sent to Egypt and Gallipoli to care for wounded soldiers. In 1913, in a quiet corner of London, the three Fry sisters are coming of age, dreaming of all the possibilities the bright future offers. Where were you when you first heard about your very first publishing deal and how did you celebrate?The three Fry sisters are determined to forge their own paths regardless of their mother’s efforts to persuade them otherwise. I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review from NetGalley and HarperCollins UK, I did find the story a little slow to start with and Adrienne Chinn skillfully picked up the narratives pace. Love In A Time Of War by Adrienne Chinn is the first in an up and coming trilogy which follows the lives of the three Fry sisters.

Chinn wrote the sisters so that their differing personalities shone through as they embrace the suffrage movement in their own individual way.I had my own suspicions as to what was going to happen and I had to keep reading to see if I was on the right track or if I had wandered down another path entirely. In short and overall I did enjoy reading ‘Love In A Time Of War’ and I would recommend it to fans of historical fiction.