Ebook {Epub PDF} The Silent Hours by Cesca Major

 · Book reviews, Giveaway By kath J Tags: Cesca Major, Corvus, The Silent Hours. Cesca Major’s debut historical novel The Silent Hours takes as its inspiration a truly shocking event which happened during World War II, the anniversary of which fell on 10th June. Set in wartime France, The Silent Hours follows three people whose lives are bound together, before war tears them Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins.  · Its not often a book warrants a blog post all of its own. I fully intended on moving all book reviews over to Casa Costello's sister site, 2 Adults 3 Children. The Silent Hours is something special though.. I was sent the book through BritMums book club and to Reviews: 4. The Silent Hours - Kindle edition by Major, Cesca. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note /5().

Cesca Major. "He doesn't turn up late and he isn't there at break, and doesn't appear in any lessons all morning. At lunch, I ask André, who always plays with him, where he is, and he doesn't know. We play football and one of the sides is short because he isn't here. pages ; 24 cm. " A woman waits. She does not speak. Her past haunts and she cannot contemplate her future. She is watched over by nuns at a convent in south west France. Mute ever since she turned up at their door in the weeks following the defeat of Germany. In The Silent Hours, Cesca Major brings the stories of these people to the fore, moving between them, incorporating letters and memories, building a Written in the present tense throughout, but moving to and fro between the war and , The Silent Hours is an immediate and intensely powerful read.

Told partly through the first person voices of Adeline, Sebastien and Tristan, Cesca Major weaves a spellbinding narrative by adding layer upon layer of information and detail through memories and letters alongside these three main voices so that ‘The Silent Hours’ becomes an intimate, haunting and utterly compelling read. The Silent Hours by Cesca Major Release Date: 4th June Publisher: Corvus Buy: Paperback | Kindle Rating: An epic, sweeping tale of love and loss inspired by heartrending true events in the Unoccupied Zone of wartime France. The Silent Hours follows three people whose lives are bound together, before war tears them apart: Adeline, a mute. The Silent Hours is something special though. I was sent the book through BritMums book club and to be honest, it took me a while to finally get into it. This book is the reason why my page rule works though.