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9781564745828 English 1564745821 The novel begins in1940, in London. England is already is at war with Germany, and the future is uncertain for everyone. Thomas, a young architect, meets an office worker named Olivia and falls quickly in love. She is having an affair with her married boss, but decides to marry Thomas in order to have a secure future. In the second part, twelve years later, Olivia and Thomas are struggling in the aftermath of World War II, to raise children and make a life together. The marriage is unfulfilling for both of them, and Thomas feels survivor's guilt for having escaped the dangers of war. As a belated honeymoon, they set off into war-scarred France. In Cassis on the south coast, the couple still have trouble talking to each other, until an emergency compels Thomas to risk his life to save a drowning woman. The couple's future will depend on the outcome of this impetuous act of bravery., This is the story of a marriage between two Britons, Olivia and Thomas. The first part of the novel takes place in London, on the brink of war, bracing for invasion. It ends with a bomb that would have killed Olivia, had Olivia not been spending the night with her married lover, Felix.Part Two opens in 1952, after the war, but with the effects of the war still haunting the survivors as well as the landscape. Thomas and Olivia, now married with children, have traveled to the south coast of France, to have what might be their delayed honeymoon. But their marriage has cooled down almost to the point of dying out. The central event of the novel is an attempt by Thomas to rescue a stranger seen drowning out at sea.The couple's future will depend on the outcome of this impetuous act of bravery.
9781564745828 English 1564745821 The novel begins in1940, in London. England is already is at war with Germany, and the future is uncertain for everyone. Thomas, a young architect, meets an office worker named Olivia and falls quickly in love. She is having an affair with her married boss, but decides to marry Thomas in order to have a secure future. In the second part, twelve years later, Olivia and Thomas are struggling in the aftermath of World War II, to raise children and make a life together. The marriage is unfulfilling for both of them, and Thomas feels survivor's guilt for having escaped the dangers of war. As a belated honeymoon, they set off into war-scarred France. In Cassis on the south coast, the couple still have trouble talking to each other, until an emergency compels Thomas to risk his life to save a drowning woman. The couple's future will depend on the outcome of this impetuous act of bravery., This is the story of a marriage between two Britons, Olivia and Thomas. The first part of the novel takes place in London, on the brink of war, bracing for invasion. It ends with a bomb that would have killed Olivia, had Olivia not been spending the night with her married lover, Felix.Part Two opens in 1952, after the war, but with the effects of the war still haunting the survivors as well as the landscape. Thomas and Olivia, now married with children, have traveled to the south coast of France, to have what might be their delayed honeymoon. But their marriage has cooled down almost to the point of dying out. The central event of the novel is an attempt by Thomas to rescue a stranger seen drowning out at sea.The couple's future will depend on the outcome of this impetuous act of bravery.