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    The Last Summer at Chelsea Beach
    The Last Summer at Chelsea Beach
    The Last Summer at Chelsea Beach
    Audiobook11 hours

    The Last Summer at Chelsea Beach

    Written by Pam Jenoff

    Narrated by Coleen Marlo

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    For fans of All the Light We Cannot See and The Tattooist of Auschwitz!

    From the sandy shores of America to the battered streets of London, one woman's search for love and redemption will defy all odds 

    Young Adelia Monteforte begins the summer of 1941 aboard a crowded ship bound for America, utterly alone yet free of Fascist Italy. Whisked away to the seaside by her well-meaning aunt and uncle, she basks in the noisy affection of the boisterous Irish Catholic boys next door. And although she adores all four of the Connally brothers, it's the eldest, Charlie, she pines for. But all hopes for a future together are throttled by the creep of war and a tragedy that hits much closer to home.

    Grief-stricken, Addie flees—first to Washington and then to war-torn London, where she finds a position at a prestigious newspaper, as well as a chance for a new beginning. But the past always nips at her heels. And in a final, fateful choice, Addie will discover that the only way home may be a path she never suspected.

    "The kind of book that absorbs you from the beginning and doesn't let go." —Beatriz Williams, New York Times bestselling author of The Beach at Summerly

    Don’t miss Pam Jenoff’s new novel, Code Name Sapphire, a riveting tale of bravery and resistance during World War II.

    Read these other sweeping epics from New York Times bestselling author Pam Jenoff:
    • The Woman with the Blue Star
    • The Orphan’s Tale
    • The Ambassador’s Daughter
    • The Diplomat’s Wife
    • The Kommandant's Girl
    • The Last Summer at Chelsea Beach
    • The Winter Guest
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarlequin Audio
    Release dateJul 28, 2015
    ISBN9781488200250
    The Last Summer at Chelsea Beach
    Author

    Pam Jenoff

    Pam Jenoff was born in Maryland and raised outside Philadelphia. Upon receiving her masters in history from Cambridge, she accepted an appointment as Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Army. The position provided a unique opportunity to witness and participate in operations at the most senior levels of government, including helping the families of the Pan Am Flight 103 victims secure their memorial at Arlington National Cemetery, observing recovery efforts at the site of the Oklahoma City bombing and attending ceremonies to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of World War II at sites such as Bastogne and Corregidor. Following her work at the Pentagon, Pam moved to the State Department. In 1996 she was assigned to the U.S. Consulate in Krakow, Poland. It was during this period that Pam developed her expertise in Polish-Jewish relations and the Holocaust. Working on matters such as preservation of Auschwitz and the restitution of Jewish property in Poland, Pam developed close relations with the surviving Jewish community. Pam is the author of The Kommandant's Girl, which was an international bestseller and nominated for a Quill award, as well as The Winter Guest, The Diplomat's Wife, The Ambassador’s Daughter, Almost Home, A Hidden Affair and The Things We Cherished. She also authored a short story in the anthology Grand Central: Original Postwar Stories of Love and Reunion. She lives outside Philadelphia with her husband and three children.

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    • 3/5
      When I finish reading a book and I’m sad it’s ended, that to me means it was a good book. Left me wanting more. This book, however, had me wishing it was over, long before it finally ended. Too many plot changes as if the author couldn’t decide the best way to go. Not a fan.
    • 5/5
      Loved this book. The ending turned out to be a a surprise. I wish the writer had given me more of the story. I would have liked to know what happens after in their lives. That is a compliment.
    • 5/5
      Great story with twist at the end. Would highly recommend
    • 5/5
      Loved it, like all of her books! Top notch. Was sad to be done.
    • 4/5
      Great book great history. Hope to read more of her books
    • 3/5
      Pretty shallow and repetitive but the writing was ok enough to keep me interested until the predictable end. It worked for listening to while I was doing other things. Could work for a beach read.