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The Last Summer at Chelsea Beach

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For fans of All the Light We Cannot See and The Tattooist of Auschwitz!
From the sandy shores of America to the battered streets of London, one woman's search for love and redemption will defy all odds

Young Adelia Monteforte begins the summer of 1941 aboard a crowded ship bound for America, utterly alone yet free of Fascist Italy. Whisked away to the seaside by her well-meaning aunt and uncle, she basks in the noisy affection of the boisterous Irish Catholic boys next door. And although she adores all four of the Connally brothers, it's the eldest, Charlie, she pines for. But all hopes for a future together are throttled by the creep of war and a tragedy that hits much closer to home.
Grief-stricken, Addie flees—first to Washington and then to war-torn London, where she finds a position at a prestigious newspaper, as well as a chance for a new beginning. But the past always nips at her heels. And in a final, fateful choice, Addie will discover that the only way home may be a path she never suspected.
"The kind of book that absorbs you from the beginning and doesn't let go." —Beatriz Williams, New York Times bestselling author of The Beach at Summerly
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  • The Kommandant's Girl
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        August 1, 2015
        In 1941, 16-year-old Adelia Montforte's parents manage to get her out of Italy, where it is no longer safe for Jews. She finds herself living in Philadelphia with her aunt and uncle. They spend their summers in Atlantic City, where the Connallys, an Irish Catholic family with four boys, live next door. Addie falls in love with Charlie, the oldest boy, but just as they are about to announce their engagement, a family tragedy convinces Addie that their love is doomed. She escapes to Washington, takes a secretarial job at the Washington Post, and then, when Charlie shows up, escapes further to England to work in the Post's London bureau. Charlie pops up again, this time on his way to carry out a dangerous mission on the eve of D-Day. But their plans to get married run into a last-minute hitch. The novel ends with a twist as Addie returns to the U.S. and reunites with the Connallys. Jenoff has made a specialty of wartime romance, and fans of her other works, including The Kommandant's Girl (2007) and The Winter Guest (2014), won't be disappointed.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2015, American Library Association.)

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