Where the Sky Begins: A Novel

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A woman’s future is determined by fate and choice in a gripping WWII novel about danger, triumph, and second chances by the New York Times bestselling author of The Venice Sketchbook and The Tuscan Child.

London, 1940. Bombs fall and Josie Banks’s world crumbles around her. Her overbearing husband, Stan, is unreachable, called to service. Her home, a ruin of rubble and ash. Josie’s beloved tearoom boss has been killed, and Josie herself is injured, with nothing left and nowhere to go.

Evacuated to the English countryside, Josie ends up at the estate of the aristocratic Miss Harcourt, a reluctant host to the survivors of the Blitz. Awed as she is by the magnificent landscape, Josie sees opportunity. Josie convinces Miss Harcourt to let her open a humble tea shop, seeing it as a chance for everyone to begin again. When Josie meets Mike Johnson, a handsome Canadian pilot stationed at a neighboring bomber base, a growing intimacy brings her an inner peace she’s never felt before. Then Stan returns from the war.

Now a threat looms larger than anyone imagined. And a dangerous secret is about to upend Josie’s life again. Her newfound courage will be put to the test if she is to emerge, like a survivor, triumphant.


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Military planes fly over a hillside at sunrise. Text: How does the landscape enhance this story?Military planes fly over a hillside at sunrise. Text: How does the landscape enhance this story?

A house sits on the hilly landscape. Text: Discussion questions for your next book club meeting.A house sits on the hilly landscape. Text: Discussion questions for your next book club meeting.

A river flows through the hillside. Text: Is Josie a victim? Does she remain so?A river flows through the hillside. Text: Is Josie a victim? Does she remain so?

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09GF6MW2B
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Lake Union Publishing (August 2, 2022)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 2, 2022
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 5750 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 364 pages

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