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`A wonderful, escapist, nostalgic read.' --Red
`An authentic and moving novel.' --The Lady
`Take three girls, with one thing in common - flying. Add a war and a smattering of romantic interest, and you have the recipe for a great read. .. The Beauty Chorus is a story of love and adventure, of loss and pain, and heroism. I can already see the movie.' --Daily Mail
`The book soars as if it has a pair of Merlin engines strapped to its covers... a dramatic bird's eye view.' --Spectator
`Romance, glamour and adventure in the skies: an enthralling debut.'
--New Books --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
`An authentic and moving novel.' --The Lady
`Take three girls, with one thing in common - flying. Add a war and a smattering of romantic interest, and you have the recipe for a great read. .. The Beauty Chorus is a story of love and adventure, of loss and pain, and heroism. I can already see the movie.' --Daily Mail
`The book soars as if it has a pair of Merlin engines strapped to its covers... a dramatic bird's eye view.' --Spectator
`Romance, glamour and adventure in the skies: an enthralling debut.'
--New Books --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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New Year's Eve, 1940: Evie Chase, the beautiful debutante daughter of a rich and adoring RAF commander, listens wistfully to the swing music drifting out from the ballroom, unable to join in the fun. With bombs falling nightly in London, she is determined that the coming year will bring a lot more than dances, picnics and tennis matches. She is determined to make a difference to the war effort. 5th January, 1941: Evie curses her fashionable heels as they skid on the frozen ground of her local airfield. She is here to join the ATA, the civilian pilots who ferry Tiger Moths and Spitfires to bases across war-torn Britain. Two other women wait nervously to join up: Stella Grainger, a forlorn young mother who has returned from Singapore without her baby boy and Megan Jones, an idealistic teenager who has never left her Welsh village. Billeted together in a tiny cottage in a sleepy country village, Evie, Stella and Megan must learn to live and work together. Brave, beautiful and fiercely independent, these women soon move beyond their different backgrounds as they find romance, confront loss, and forge friendships that will last a lifetime.
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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
A stunning book of love loss and romance etc, but really just an incredible true story that I cant believe I knew nothing about before reading this! Based on the ATA girls of World War II, incredible women who flew everything from Bomber planes and Spitfires from factories to airbases as part of the war effort. The girls in the book, Evie the fabulous one, Stella the concerned mother with a great tragic back story and my favourite, young Megan the welsh farmers daughter, come together to fly for the ATA and have to live together in a tiny cottage. They all come from all over, with interesting reasons for flying that make it something you can really imagine, like Evie who's desperate for adventure and Stella who just wants to escape and build up her confidence. This book captures an incredible time and place so well, whilst still being a really nice easy read about characters you can get to grips with. There are scenes of action that highlight the incredibly dangerous job they did (they weren't allowed to fly with weaponry or navigation!) and then wonderful humour and exciting romance and friendships. It gave me everything a good book should.
I'm partly writing this review on behalf of my Grandma, who loved this book as much as I did. I think that shows the true broad appeal of this book, my Grandma loved the setting whereas I felt really touched that girls like me in their early twenties were so brave and strong to fly these great planes in dangerous conditions.
Thrilling, heart warming and fascinating true stuff - a great gift for a female relative.
I'm partly writing this review on behalf of my Grandma, who loved this book as much as I did. I think that shows the true broad appeal of this book, my Grandma loved the setting whereas I felt really touched that girls like me in their early twenties were so brave and strong to fly these great planes in dangerous conditions.
Thrilling, heart warming and fascinating true stuff - a great gift for a female relative.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
'The Beauty Chorus' is a wonderful story of love and adventure. Brown writes with concise, elegant prose and her characters are believable and give the reader someone to root for. Brown's research is impeccable and the novel transported me back to World War II and gave me an insight into the real spitfire women. The plot is fast-paced and exciting, involving the reader completely in the lives of the women and their men.
I look forward to reading the next novel with great enthusiasm.
I look forward to reading the next novel with great enthusiasm.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The Beauty Chorus is a work of fiction which is based on fact. It sings the unsung praise of the ATA girls, a group of women who during World War Two came from across the world and offered their services for the war effort. They came from all strata of the society from debutante to village girl. The Beauty Chorus looks at the life of three such women, Evie, a debutante used to diamonds and furs, Stella, a young mother and Megan, unworldly and eager to learn.
Their normal lives flow almost light-heartedly against the dark background of war as the girls ferry planes all over the country without a thought for their own safety, putting their lives on the line each time they flew. It shows the quiet courage of the ATA girls who, on one hand, were professionals in charge of valuable airplanes and on the other, young women who tried to have a semblance of life in their off-duty periods.
Kate Lord Brown portrays the girls with sensitivity and warmth. It is a book that one should read to understand the shaping of these untried girls into skilled pilots and to delight in the details of their everyday life. A great read of romance and friendship.
Their normal lives flow almost light-heartedly against the dark background of war as the girls ferry planes all over the country without a thought for their own safety, putting their lives on the line each time they flew. It shows the quiet courage of the ATA girls who, on one hand, were professionals in charge of valuable airplanes and on the other, young women who tried to have a semblance of life in their off-duty periods.
Kate Lord Brown portrays the girls with sensitivity and warmth. It is a book that one should read to understand the shaping of these untried girls into skilled pilots and to delight in the details of their everyday life. A great read of romance and friendship.
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Fascinating insight into the ATA
I was really looking forward to reading this novel as it is an era I do enjoy and I had discovered the ATA girls in another historical romance and wanted to read more. Read more
Published 16 days ago by DizzyC
the end was a bit of a let down for me
I loved this book until the end as some other reviewers have said, to me the end seemed rushed. Apart from that it would have been a 5*. Read more
Published 1 month ago by bookworm
Romance versus authenticity
I found this a bit of a book of two halves. It started in an interesting way but part way through it became more of a conventional love story. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Suzzells
Disappointed
After reading the glowing reviews of this book I was really looking forward to it. After all it's a fascinating subject. Read more
Published 2 months ago by E. Freeman
Absolutely fantastic. Had me gripped with the storyline the whole way...
What a wonderful evocative book. I couldnt put it down. Would love her to write a sequel. Her next book is out in April 2012 called The Perfume Garden. Can't wait.
Published 7 months ago by lancslass
the beauty chorus
This book came along at just the right time for me. A few weeks, heck a few days, earlier and I would have given up on it for its pretty slow start. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Ali
Enjoyable and Engrossing
This was a pleasure to read, with engaging characters and a great setting. The background story of the female pilots and how they came to make a contribution in the face of (male)... Read more
Published 9 months ago by purplegirl
A group of people who should have more acknowledgement!!
The Beauty Chorus by Kate Lord Brown is a book which I read with gratitude and in awe of ordinary women who give so much for their country. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Ms P. Wilson
The Beauty Chorus
Historical novel following the experiences of three women pilots who join the ATA ferrying planes between bases. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Kew
Great read for men and women
Really enjoyed reading this novel, it captures the past beautifully and tells a story I genuinely didn't know. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Mr. N. A. Khan
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