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The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir
Jennifer Ryan
‘The writing glows with emotional intelligence. This atmospheric debut…had me sniffing copiously’ Daily MailIN WARTIME, SURVIVAL IS AS MUCH ABOUT FRIENDSHIP AS IT IS ABOUT COURAGE…Kent, 1940. In the idyllic village of Chilbury change is afoot. Hearts are breaking as sons and husbands leave to fight, and when the Vicar decides to close the choir until the men return, all seems lost.But coming together in song is just what the women of Chilbury need in these dark hours, and they are ready to sing. With a little fighting spirit and the arrival of a new musical resident, the charismatic Miss Primrose Trent, the choir is reborn.Some see the choir as a chance to forget their troubles, others the chance to shine. Though for one villager, the choir is the perfect cover to destroy Chilbury’s new-found harmony…An uplifting and heart-warming novel perfect for fans of Helen Simonson’s The Summer before the War and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.
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Version: 2017-10-30
Dedication (#ulink_163aa2f8-418f-5d63-bf38-71cac0286183)
To my grandmother, Mrs Eileen Beckley,
and the women of the Home Front
Contents
Cover (#u77f0a0f7-a904-5f2a-9264-93993104ec54)
Title Page (#u41d481cd-9c93-5fdb-8032-ea42229c0c70)
Copyright (#ufd09eec6-467b-5d8d-9001-128f1d4987b7)
Dedication (#u1ba8643f-c1a6-54b1-84d3-19c1ee1fc9d8)
Mrs Tilling’s Journal (#u9bf49c11-bc90-58cc-ad96-f02dd0a6d2d0)
Letter from Miss Edwina Paltry to her sister, Clara (#ua4c0d4f8-dfcb-5df9-b303-825dd04b6e54)
Kitty Winthrop’s Diary (#uf6b28d6a-1684-5f74-a824-a15d26a1d362)
Letter from Venetia Winthrop to Angela Quail (#u818ff75c-bb81-5707-bc6e-0ab61b8ae405)
Letter from Miss Edwina Paltry to her sister, Clara (#u75bb4681-3479-5034-a8f0-090504f544a9)
Mrs Tilling’s Journal (#u8ac4c597-97c0-52b1-a2d2-9560445d4792)
Kitty Winthrop’s Diary (#ufc4f3706-383b-5dac-adf6-46509d483892)
Letter from Miss Edwina Paltry to her sister, Clara (#u5a7b1fb3-c4e7-5cb8-b8d1-b565538c3501)
Silvie’s Diary (#ud23a2822-b246-5e25-85e0-575ce2575275)
Kitty Winthrop’s Diary (#ua72498eb-157d-57eb-a4b0-03a72aaf15e5)
Mrs Tilling’s Journal (#u7b635664-71bf-5e13-b63b-10b486742cc3)
Letter from Flt Lt Henry Brampton-Boyd to Venetia Winthrop (#u0d2e33ca-3c0f-5782-b78c-6a9c3f7b9103)
Letter from Venetia Winthrop to Angela Quail (#u90fa6372-2159-5475-b924-21ab0c44c47f)
Kitty Winthrop’s Diary (#u7042fe88-1d87-585f-9a58-43e65dde9236)
Letter from Miss Edwina Paltry to her sister, Clara (#u9697e9a0-3575-51a1-9da8-2eb0f5512009)
Letter from Venetia Winthrop to Angela Quail (#litres_trial_promo)
Letter from Miss Edwina Paltry to her sister, Clara (#litres_trial_promo)
Mrs Tilling’s Journal (#litres_trial_promo)
Letter from Venetia Winthrop to Angela Quail (#litres_trial_promo)
Mrs Tilling’s Journal (#litres_trial_promo)
Kitty Winthrop’s Diary (#litres_trial_promo)
Letter from Colonel Mallard to his sister, Mrs Maud Green, in Oxford (#litres_trial_promo)
Kitty Winthrop’s Diary (#litres_trial_promo)
Mrs Tilling’s Journal (#litres_trial_promo)
Letter from Flt Lt Henry Brampton-Boyd to Venetia Winthrop (#litres_trial_promo)
Kitty Winthrop’s Diary (#litres_trial_promo)
Note from Miss Edwina Paltry to Brigadier Winthrop (#litres_trial_promo)
Mrs Tilling’s Journal (#litres_trial_promo)
Silvie’s Diary (#litres_trial_promo)
Letter from Miss Edwina Paltry to her sister, Clara (#litres_trial_promo)
Letter from Venetia Winthrop to Angela Quail (#litres_trial_promo)
Mrs Tilling’s Journal (#litres_trial_promo)
Kitty Winthrop’s Diary (#litres_trial_promo)
Letter from Lt Carrington to Mrs Tilling (#litres_trial_promo)
Letter from Venetia Winthrop to Angela Quail (#litres_trial_promo)
Mrs Tilling’s Journal (#litres_trial_promo)
Kitty Winthrop’s Diary (#litres_trial_promo)
Letter from Venetia Winthrop to Angela Quail (#litres_trial_promo)
Mrs Tilling’s Journal (#litres_trial_promo)
Letter from Miss Edwina Paltry to her sister, Clara (#litres_trial_promo)
Kitty Winthrop’s Diary (#litres_trial_promo)
Silvie’s Diary (#litres_trial_promo)
Letter from Venetia Winthrop to Angela Quail (#litres_trial_promo)
Mrs Tilling’s Journal (#litres_trial_promo)
Kitty Winthrop’s Diary (#litres_trial_promo)
Mrs Tilling’s Journal (#litres_trial_promo)
Letter from Miss Edwina Paltry to her sister, Clara (#litres_trial_promo)
Letter from Venetia Winthrop to Angela Quail (#litres_trial_promo)
Mrs Tilling’s Journal (#litres_trial_promo)
Kitty Winthrop’s Diary (#litres_trial_promo)
Letter from Venetia Winthrop to Angela Quail (#litres_trial_promo)
Letter from Miss Edwina Paltry to her sister, Clara (#litres_trial_promo)
Kitty Winthrop’s Diary (#litres_trial_promo)
Letter from Venetia Winthrop to Angela Quail (#litres_trial_promo)
Mrs Tilling’s Journal (#litres_trial_promo)
Kitty Winthrop’s Diary (#litres_trial_promo)
Letter from Elsie Cocker to Flt Lt Henry Brampton-Boyd (#litres_trial_promo)
Letter from Miss Edwina Paltry to her sister, Clara (#litres_trial_promo)
Letter from Flt Lt Henry Brampton-Boyd to Elsie Cocker (#litres_trial_promo)
Letter from Venetia Winthrop to Angela Quail (#litres_trial_promo)
Mrs Tilling’s Journal (#litres_trial_promo)
Kitty Winthrop’s Diary (#litres_trial_promo)
Mrs Tilling’s Journal (#litres_trial_promo)
Letter from Miss Edwina Paltry to her sister, Clara (#litres_trial_promo)
Letter from Venetia Winthrop to Angela Quail (#litres_trial_promo)
Letter from Colonel Mallard to his sister, Mrs Maud Green, in Oxford (#litres_trial_promo)
Mrs Tilling’s Journal (#litres_trial_promo)
Kitty Winthrop’s Diary (#litres_trial_promo)
Letter from Venetia Winthrop to Angela Quail (#litres_trial_promo)
Silvie’s Diary (#litres_trial_promo)
Mrs Tilling’s Journal (#litres_trial_promo)
Kitty Winthrop’s Diary (#litres_trial_promo)
