#WheretheSkyBegins #NetGalley-Thanks to Lake Union and Rhys Bowen for this fine WWII novel!
Rhys Bowen is a favorite author of mine, her recent non-series includes many WWII era stories which are written so very well! "Where the Sky Begins" is especially poignant as it illustrates how all classes of people, both in and out of England have been impacted.
Josie grows up in London's East End, helped raise six siblings, was employed and then married. Her
overbearing husband Stan is drafted and she finds a job in a nearby tearoom that she loves. Sadly both the tearoom, and Josie's home, are bombed. She is left injured and eventually is evacuated to the countryside with nothing of her own in the company of mostly children.
Josie begins to try to find common ground with the reluctant elderly wealthy lady, in whose mansion she is placed and is successful. She makes friends in the community, and eventually meets an RAF officer who she becomes good friends with. Stan, meanwhile, who has not contacted her in a year comes there on leave and takes her back to London.
When she returns to Miss Harcourt and the community she has grown to love, Stan is badly injured and she has to go back and care for him. He gets well enough to go out to a pub with his sister which is bombed to rubble and Josie returns to the countryside.
A fairly quick succession of events happens, including Josie being offered a scholarship to university for her mathematical skills. The book ends on a happy conclusion, one that I enjoyed reading
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