![]() ![]() Beatrice is a wonderful character, an independent, intelligent young woman who was not written too modern to be believable. Beatrice Nash arrives in the small town to teach Latin–a controversial appointment, made more controversial by her other strange, progressive habits like riding a bicycle and refusing to marry. ![]() It takes place in a small town in East Sussex, in the summer of 1914 before the start of WWI. It seemed appropriate that I go ahead and read “The Summer Before the War” by Helen Simonson. A deep breath before I plunge back into full-time studentship. So this summer actually felt like a summer. The idea was to find a summer job, but that proved a difficult task, and by the time I was getting calls for interviews, it was too late for a “summer job.” I would have had to commit to working during the semester, which I didn’t want to do. I quit my job in February, and did some traveling in the spring. This is the first summer that has felt like a summer in a while. ![]()
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