The Chilbury Ladies' Choir by Jennifer Ryan

What a wonderful story. I feel like I took up residence in an ordinary yet also extraordinary English village during the early years of WW2 that was left occupied by mostly women since so many of the men were off fighting the Nazis. A woman newly arrived to live in the Village urges the reconstitution of the village choir, now with only female voices and leads them to triumphant success. As this marvelous narrative unfolds in the various voices of the members of the choir, the remarkable lives of women left on the home front are revealed with poignancy and heart. Their resilience in the presence of daily struggles and periodic bombings is conveyed so well leading the reader to a new level of understanding of an oft unimaginable time in history. Savor!