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April 2011
On Sale: April 1, 2011
Featuring: Evie Chase; Megan Jones; Stella Grainger
432 pages
ISBN: 1848878702
EAN: 9781848878709
Hardcover
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Fiction Women's Fiction
New Year's Eve, 1940: Evie Chase, the beautiful
debutante
daughter of a rich and adoring RAF commander, listens
wistfully to the swing music drifting out from the
ballroom, unable to join in the fun. With bombs falling
nightly in London, she is determined that the coming year
will bring a lot more than dances, picnics and tennis
matches. She is determined to make a difference to the war
effort. 5th January, 1941: Evie curses her fashionable
heels as they skid on the frozen ground of her local
airfield. She is here to join the ATA, the civilian pilots
who ferry Tiger Moths and Spitfires to bases across war-
torn Britain. Two other women wait nervously to join up:
Stella Grainger, a forlorn young mother who has returned
from Singapore without her baby boy and Megan Jones, an
idealistic teenager who has never left her Welsh village. Billeted together in a tiny cottage in a sleepy country
village, Evie, Stella and Megan must learn to live and
work together. Brave, beautiful and fiercely independent,
these women soon move beyond their different backgrounds
as they find romance, confront loss, and forge friendships
that will last a lifetime.
Comments
10 comments posted.
Re: The Beauty Chorus
Not only does your book sound amazing, but it sounds like it will be a great read. I love to read books that have to do with the time frame that my Dad was in the service. I had no idea that there were Lady pilots who flew solo!! I give them credit, since that's something I could never do!! I have to get my hands on this book, and I'm sure I will truly enjoy it, cover to cover!! Thank you for keeping this part of History alive not just for our generation, but for generations to come.
(Peggy Roberson 1:01pm April 17, 2011)
It must take a lot of patience to keep going with the number of edits. When I write for work, I usually do some editing but not a lot before I get someone else to check it over for content. The more I polish something first, the less accomodating I feel about making changes.
(Carol Drummond 1:41pm April 17, 2011)
It's wonderful to hear how much you love the story you told. It takes a special story to keep the magic after so many readings and edits.
(Maria Munoz 2:00pm April 17, 2011)
I think taking the time to get something right takes alot of skill and patience. You have both and it really shows in your work. Keep up your spirit to put out the best of the best.
(Cheryl English 6:32pm April 17, 2011)
It's wonderful that after all those changes recommended by the various people associated with the production and the numerous hours you spent writing and rewriting it, you could sit down with your book and enjoy it. Perhaps I shouldn't be surprised. After all, I like to read a good book more than one time.
(Anna Speed 7:08pm April 17, 2011)
I just finished looking at the blog, and checking out the links in the posts there. Really, really interesting! I knew about the WAACs here in the US (Women's Auxiliary Air Corps), but it never occurred to me that there was an equivalent in the UK, and it should have. Sorry!
Anyway, this looks like a great book, and it is now on my TBB list, and as soon as I've bought it, it's hitting the TOP of my TBR pile!!
Thanks for telling their stories! It was way past time!!
Later,
Lynn
(Lynn Rettig 7:10pm April 17, 2011)
All the edits would be crazy and tough on me, thank you for keeping at it and bringing this to everyone!
(Debra Simning-Chapman 9:25pm April 17, 2011)
This is certainly a different era than is rarely covered by authors. I'm glad to see it since it really isn't that long in our past and still touches some of us. All the best to you, Kate.
(Sigrun Schulz 10:02pm April 17, 2011)
Do you feel like you may be over editing? I haven't read any of your books, nor written one myself, but it seems to me that there might actually be a point when something is no longer your work but that of a group. I'd also wonder if the characters are too perfect. Isn't there one thing about a mate (married, engaged, dating, or even divorced) that absolutely drives you insane to the point of distraction? It takes away from the relationship and someone just has to get over it if they want that person to be their mate (or maybe it's the reason for the ex-mate) but you need it in the book to make them have that extra dimension. Just curious about the writing process in general, NOT a reflection on a book I haven't read.
(Christina Harrison 3:36am April 18, 2011)
Old times do make the heart grow fonder as in "Remember when..." and then someone fills in the blank. I'm rather fond of doing line edits for someone else's work while keeping it in the voice and tone of the writer. It sure helps to know the overall arc you want to convey so there's a circling around the wagon train that helps it not go downhill. Great subject matter in your book and love the cover. Way to go girl!
(Alyson Widen 8:27pm April 20, 2011)
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