false 161851 19 Lily Valance wants to forget the war. She's determined to enjoy the world of the 1920s, with its music, singing, laughter and pleasure. When she meets Captain Stephen Winters, a decorated hero, back from the Front, she's drawn to his wealth and status. In Lily he sees his salvation - from the past from the nightmares, from the guilt at surviving the Flanders plains where so many were lost. <br><br>But it's a dream that cannot last. Lily has no intention of leaving her singing career. The hidden tensions behind the respectable facade of the Winters household come to a head. Stephen's nightmares merge ever closer with reality and the truth of what took place in the mud and darkness brings him and all who love him to a terrible reckoning... 2617561 book 15 8 1995 Fallen Skies total:296|5:2|4:5|3:10|2:2|1:2| 296 945 642 85 4 2 false false Wed Mar 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 05 16:25:29 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 19 12:37:56 -0700 2009 FOREWORDS

Post-WWI, shell shocked gentleman, working class music-hall dancer/singer.

Love the period. I had thought all the P. Gregorys were Tudor-era.

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The more of this I read, the more ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Feb 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 17:16:35 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 11:32:44 -0800 2009 set after WW1 it is a family drama in...more...]]> 1 1 true false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 06 05:46:58 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 05:54:28 -0800 2009 This book takes place after WWI, and although I wanted to find out how it ended, I did not enjoy is as much as The Boleyn Inheritance, The Other Boleyn...more...]]> 1 1 false false Sun Feb 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 21:48:41 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 20:15:09 -0800 2009 1 1 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Apr 13 09:00:42 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 09:01:10 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 14:48:28 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 14:48:28 -0700 2009
The vivid descriptions of the vaudeville theater, and the delicious glimpses of 1920s Portsmouth and South...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed May 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 08:12:08 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 08:36:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Feb 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 11:33:11 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 08:31:59 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Oct 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 06:29:28 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 08:30:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 11:23:51 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 19:05:50 -0700 2009 1
The story focuses on the dysfun...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jun 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 20:43:26 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 18:43:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Feb 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 12:51:01 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 12:59:51 -0800 2009 ...more...]]> 1 0 false false Mon Oct 26 19:14:03 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 11:21:23 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 19:14:03 -0700 2009

So far so good! I think I like Phillipa Gregor...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 18 18:25:52 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 18:49:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false true Tue Jan 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 09:01:04 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 09:05:45 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Aug 26 07:16:04 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 04:56:29 -0700 2009
But this...for some reason fell very short of my expectations. I didn't really like any of the characters. I thought Stephe...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 14:33:52 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 19:34:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Mar 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 17:41:58 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 10:47:02 -0700 2009
The biggest problem I had with this novel is that people don't talk like they do in her book. It was cheesy and over the top! ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Feb 27 02:28:48 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 02:31:22 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false true Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jan 27 10:15:35 -0800 2009 Mon Apr 20 09:01:14 -0700 2009 more...]]>