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Leeway Cottage
Leeway Cottage: A Novel | Beth Gutcheon
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In April 1940, as the Nazis march into Denmark, Sydney Brant, a wealthy girl of the Dundee summer colony, marries a gifted Danish pianist, Laurus Moss. They believe they are well matched, as young lovers do, but Laurus's beloved family is in Copenhagen, hostage to what the fortunes of Hitler's war will bring. By the time the war is over, Laurus's family has played an active role in Denmark's grassroots rescue of virtually all seven thousand of the country's Jews. Meanwhile, in America, Sydney has led a group knitting for the war effort, and had a baby. Combining the story of one long American twentieth-century marriage with one of the most stirring stories of World War II, Leeway Cottage is a beautifully written tour de force of a novel.
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Yenya1954
Leeway Cottage: A Novel | Beth Gutcheon
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Historical fiction about World War II and the Nazis are marching into Denmark. Sydney Brant is a wealthy young woman who lives on Dundee Island off the coast of Maine who marries a Danish pianist. The novel takes place in both countries. Not as good as I hoped it would be. 3.5/5 ⭐️

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JulAnna
Leeway Cottage: A Novel | Beth Gutcheon
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Good premise but fell short. I did like the historical information about Denmark during WW2.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful pic 🌸🌸🌸 7y
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JulAnna
Leeway Cottage: A Novel | Beth Gutcheon
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#bookhaul from 2nd and Charles this afternoon. Hoping one of these will snap my book slump. 🤔

Jess Nice stack of books. Burial Rites will soon be a movie. Maybe it will catch you and take you out of your slump. I really liked it. 7y
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emtobiasz
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Going off to World War II. This book is going to break my heart, isn't it?

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