Lovely War

Description: Home About Us Postage & Payment Returns Contact Add The Pom Shop to your Favorites and receive our email newsletters about new items and special promotions. General Interest Lovely War Product DescriptionThey are Hazel, James, Aubrey, and Colette. A classical pianist from London, a British would-be architect-turned-soldier, a Harlem-born ragtime genius in the U.S. Army, and a Belgian orphan with a gorgeous voice and a devastating past. Their story, as told by the goddess Aphrodite, who must spin the tale or face judgment on Mount Olympus, is filled with hope and heartbreak, prejudice and passion, and reveals that, though War is a formidable force, it's no match for the transcendent power of Love. Author Julie Berry's critically acclaimed writing has been called "haunting and unforgettable" by New York Times bestselling author of Salt to the Sea Ruta Sepetys and "utterly original and instantly engrossing" by Publishers Weekly.ReviewJulie Berry pens an utter delight inLovely War, an effervescent confection of a novel filled with humor, tragedy, romance, and myth. Easily one of the best novels I have read all year! --Kate Quinn,New York Times bestselling author ofThe Alice Network This fascinating, gorgeously written novel of World War I will grip you and remind you that the greatest danger is closing our hearts to love. --Nancy Werlin, National Book Award honoree andNew York Times bestseller "Julie Berry writes the past as if she lived it." --Jennifer Donnelly,New York Times bestselling author "Scheherazade has nothing on Berry . . . An unforgettable romance so Olympian in scope, human at its core, and lyrical in its prose that it must be divinely inspired." --Kirkus Reviews,starred review Berry's evocative novel . . . gains steam as the stories flesh out. Along the way, it suggests that while war and its devastation cycles through history, the forces of art and love remain steady, eternal, and life-sustaining. --Publishers Weekly, starred review "Poignant...will make readers, by turns, laugh, cry, and swoon." --The Horn Book,starred review "Proves again that Berry is one of our most ambitious writers. Happily for us, that ambition so often results in great success." --Booklist, starred review Julie Berry is a modern master of historical fiction for young readers. . . Berry's superb research and attention to detail are perfectly suited to the layers of this story of love in wartime . . . a romantic yet unflinching look at teenagers coming of age during World War I. --Bookpage, starred review This poignant novel will make readers, by turns, laugh, cry, and swoon. --The Horn Book, starred review Readers will be swept away by Berry's lyrical prose. --School Library Journal,starred review When the hurly-burly's done, and the battle's lost and won, does Love conquer War The answer is never in doubt, but it's a pleasure to have it confirmed by a celestially inspired storyteller. --The New York Times Book Review Leavened by wit and informed by history, Lovely War is a romantic and inventive story from its dramatic start to its laughter- and tear-spangled ending. --The Wall Street JournalStunning . . . gives ordinary lives the sheen of the epic. --Refinery29A triumphant piece of historically focused fiction. . . a moving, brutal, and yes, lovely, story of the ways in which people find hope in a world gone mad --BCCB ReviewsBerry's accomplished talent for developing all elements of plot--character, tone, and mood--in addition to her fresh writing style makes this title a compelling page turner. --School Library ConnectionAbout the AuthorJulie Berry is the author of the 2017 Printz Honor andLos Angeles Times Book Prize shortlisted novelThe Passion of Dolssa, the Carnegie and Edgar shortlistedAll the Truth That's in Me, and many other acclaimed middle grade novels and picture books. She holds a BS from Rensselaer in communication and an MFA from Vermont College. She lives in Southern California with her family. Shipping Shipping is free for all customers in Australia. Your package will be safely taken care of & posted from England by means of Priority Airmail, which is air freighted to your nearest Australia Post Distribution Center (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, or Perth), from where they are delivered to your address by Australia Post. Returns and refunds We operate a 30 day money back guarantee. If you are unhappy with the product for whatever reason, please contact us to arrange a return and refund. As shipping costs are not retrievable, we are unable to refund shipping costs. Feedback We use an automated eBay feedback response system. If you are happy with the product, please leave positive feedback and we will automatically leave positive feedback for you. If you are unhappy with the transaction for any reason, please contact us first to resolve. 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