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The midnight news / Jo Baker.
It is 1940 and twenty-year-old Charlotte Richmond watches from her attic window as enemy planes fly over London. Still grieving her beloved brother, who never returned from France, she is trying to keep herself out of trouble: holding down a typist job at the Ministry of Information, sharing gin and confidences with her best friend, Elena, and dodging her overbearing father. On her way to work she often sees the boy who feeds the birds--a source of unexpected joy amid the rubble of the Blitz. But every day brings new scenes of devastation, and after yet another heartbreaking loss Charlotte has an uncanny sense of foreboding. Someone is stalking the darkness, targeting her friends. And now he's following her. As grief and suspicion consume her, Charlotte's nerves become increasingly frayed. She no longer knows whom to trust. She can't even trust herself.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593534977 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 317 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First American edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Phoenix Books, an imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd., London, in 2023."--Title page verso. "This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso. |
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| Subject: | Families > Fiction. Grief > Fiction. Interpersonal relations > Fiction. Stalkers > Fiction. Trust > Fiction. Typists > Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 > Great Britain > London > Fiction. London (England) > History > 20th century > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. Novels. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Baker | 31681010320943 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Holding down a typist job at the Ministry of Infor- mation during World War II, 20-year-old Charlotte Richmond, as each day brings new scenes of devastation, is consumed by suspicion and fear when she believes sheâs being followed, and no longer knows whom to trust, not even herself. - Baker & Taylor
"From the best-selling author of Longbourn, a gripping novel of one young woman's unraveling during the Blitz--a story of WWII intrigue, love, and danger. It is 1940 and bombs are falling on London. Watching from her attic window, Charlotte sees enemy planes flying in over the city and her neighbours' homes turning to rubble. Still grieving for her beloved brother who never returned from France, Charlotte has moved away from her overbearing father and built a new life for herself. She works as a typist for the Ministry of Information, rents a room in a ramshackle house, and shares gin and confidences with her best friend, Elena. Every day brings new scenes of devastation, and after each heartbreaking loss Charlotte comes to fear that something--or someone--else is responsible. Who is the shadow man that seems to be following her? Is her mind playing tricks? Her nerves increasingly frayed, she soon finds her very freedom under threat. . . Utterly riveting and hypnotic, The Midnight News is a love story, awar story, and an unforgettable journey into the fragile mind and fierce heart of an extraordinary young woman"-- - Random House, Inc.
From the best-selling author of Longbourn, a gripping novel of one young womanâs unraveling during the Blitzâa story of World War II intrigue, love, and danger ⢠ â[A] thrilling novel…atmospheric and memorable.â âEmma Donoghue, best-selling author of Haven
It is 1940 and twenty-year-old Charlotte Richmond watches from her attic window as enemy planes fly over London. Still grieving her beloved brother, who never returned from France, she is trying to keep herself out of trouble: holding down a typist job at the Ministry of Information, sharing gin and confidences with her best friend, Elena, and dodging her overbearing father.
On her way to work she often sees the boy who feeds the birdsâa source of unexpected joy amid the rubble of the Blitz. But every day brings new scenes of devastation, and after yet another heartbreaking loss Charlotte has an uncanny sense of foreboding. Someone is stalking the darkness, targeting her friends. And now heâs following her.
As grief and suspicion consume her, Charlotteâs nerves become increasingly frayed. She no longer knows whom to trust. She canât even trust herself . . .
Utterly riveting and hypnotic, The Midnight News is a love story, a war story, and an unforgettable journey into the fragile mind and fierce heart of an extraordinary young woman.
