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The Winter is Past
The Winter is Past | Noel Streatfeild
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Picture a gorgeous English country house, surrounded by manicured lawns and sprawling oak trees. This is Levet, where the Laurence family have lived since the 18th century. Once full of children and excitement, the only Laurences left at Levet now are former actress Sara and her very upper class mother-in-law Lydia. That is until the Second World War erupts and Mrs. Vilder arrives with her three children after being evacuated from their home . . . Carnegie Medal winning author Noel Streatfeild fills Levet with authentic families facing undeniable tragedy in this heart-warming wartime novel, The Winter is Past.
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willaful
The Winter is Past | Noel Streatfeild
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The Nannie in this book has very firm rules for her nursery and feels no need to change them when people become adults. It reminded me of this picture from Five Children and It, when the baby brother has been turned into a grown man but the servants have been spelled not to notice anything magic. 😂

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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! I LOVE Five Children and It! 3mo
willaful @TheAromaOfBooks Of course you do! 😁 3mo
batsy I too love Five Children and It and need to revisit it. This is a Streatfeild I've yet to read and it's been promptly added to my tbr. 3mo
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4⭐️ As an aspiring seasonal reader, the title caught my eye. Fresh off of my first Susan Scarlett novel, I was curious how this compares. This one is less romance more focus on family dynamics during the beginning of WW2 and the impact of taking an evacuee family in. The main female lead is selfish and immature (imo) but experiences character growth. She has conflict with her husband and carries it over to her in laws. ⬇️ #jessreads2023

Jess_Read_This The evacuee family brought a bit of humor and sass to the story. They also brought sadness in the end. Overall, I enjoyed the book up until the ending. It was as if Streatfeild had a pile of plot strings and just jumbled it together calling it a tidy ending. Content Warning: Pregnancy Loss along with dated mental health advice on it. 1y
LeahBergen I have this waiting on my shelves. 👍 1y
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