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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

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

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About this audiobook

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Orphan’s Tale comes an intoxicating novel of love and redemption during a time of war.

Summer 1941. Young Adelia Montforte flees fascist Italy for America, where she is whisked away to the shore by her well-meaning aunt and uncle. Here, she meets and falls for Charlie Connally, the eldest of the four Irish-Catholic boys next door. But all hopes for a future together are soon throttled by the war and a tragedy that hits much closer to home.

Grief-stricken, Addie flees—first to Washington and then to war-torn London—and finds a position at a prestigious newspaper, as well as a chance to redeem lost time, lost family…and lost love. But the past always nips at her heels, demanding to be reckoned with. And in a final, fateful choice, Addie discovers that the way home may be a path she never suspected.

Originally published in 2015.

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
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The Orphan’s Tale
The Kommandant's Wife

The Ambassador’s Daughter
The Diplomat’s Wife
The Winter Guest

 
LanguageEnglish
Release dateJul 28, 2015
ISBN9781488200250
The Last Summer at Chelsea Beach
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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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  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    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.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    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.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Great story with twist at the end. Would highly recommend
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Loved it, like all of her books! Top notch. Was sad to be done.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Great book great history. Hope to read more of her books
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    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.