
Where the Sky Begins
A Novel
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Narrated by:
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Emma Griffiths
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By:
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Rhys Bowen
A woman’s future is determined by fate and choice in a gripping WWII novel about danger, triumph, and second chances by the New York Times best-selling author of The Venice Sketchbook and The Tuscan Child.
London, 1940. Bombs fall and Josie Banks’ world crumbles around her. Her overbearing husband, Stan, is unreachable, called to service. Her home, a ruin of rubble and ash. Josie’s beloved tearoom boss has been killed, and Josie herself is injured, with nothing left and nowhere to go.
Evacuated to the English countryside, Josie ends up at the estate of the aristocratic Miss Harcourt, a reluctant host to the survivors of the Blitz. Awed as she is by the magnificent landscape, Josie sees opportunity. Josie convinces Miss Harcourt to let her open a humble tea shop, seeing it as a chance for everyone to begin again. When Josie meets Mike Johnson, a handsome Canadian pilot stationed at a neighboring bomber base, a growing intimacy brings her an inner peace she’s never felt before. Then Stan returns from the war.
Now a threat looms larger than anyone imagined. And a dangerous secret is about to upend Josie’s life again. Her newfound courage will be put to the test if she is to emerge, like a survivor, triumphant.
©2022 Janet Quin-Harkin, writing as Rhys Bowen (P)2022 Audible, Inc.Listeners also enjoyed...




















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The characters
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A great book about England in WWII
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great portrayal of various characters.
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Entertaining
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Delightful
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How story is written in visual language.
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Happy at last
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Josie Banks doesn’t have the greatest life and doesn’t seem to fit in anywhere in her life.
A bombing of both her job and home in London by the Luftwaffe sets into motion a new path for Josie in The country, Lincolnshire.
The cast of characters which pass through her days in exhale are rich and invite you to care about each of them.
Although I figured out the “villain” very early on,it didn’t detract my enjoyment or interest in the story. It still remained to see how the identity would be revealed and what would happen as a result to dear Josie.
Overall this is a well written book that draws you in from the first word.
Curl up in your favorite spot and definitely read this book!!!
A lovely story
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Amazing
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I would recommend this book, but there are others by Rhys Bowen I would suggest before this one.
Now, about the reader/performance... I almost quit listening after the first few moments because Ms. Griffiths was definitely not to my taste. I got used to her, but her performance did not enhance the book at all. She can do voices, but please do not ask her to perform as a "Yank" (American/Canadian) ever again. That was atrocious.
The "sky's" the limit when it comes to a setting
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