<div>“<i>The Evening Chorus</i> serenades people brutally marked by war, yet enduring to live — and relish — the tiny pleasures of another day. With her trademark prose — exquisitely limpid — Humphreys convinces us of the birdlike strength of the powerless.” — Emma Donoghue<br><br><br>Downed during his first mission, James Hunter is taken captive as a German POW. To bide the time, he studies a nest of redstarts at the edge of camp. Some prisoners plot escape; some are shot. And then, one day, James is called to the Kommandant’s office.<br><br>Meanwhile, back home, James’s new wife, Rose, is on her own, free in a way she has never known. Then, James’s sister, Enid, loses everything during the Blitz and must seek shelter with Rose. In a cottage near Ashdown forest, the two women jealously guard secrets, but form a surprising friendship. Each of these characters will find unexpected freedom amid war’s privations and discover confinements that come with peace.<i>The Evening Chorus </i>is a beautiful, astonishing examination of love, loss, escape, and the ways in which the intrusions of the natural world can save us.<br><br><br><br>“<i>The Evening Chorus</i> sparkles.” —Jo Baker<br><br>“<i>A</i> poised, lyrical novel about the griefs of war, written with poetic intensity of observation.” —Helen Dunmore<br><br>“This riveting novel is a song. Listen.” —Richard Bausch<br><br><br>www.hhumphreys.com<br><br></div><br>