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“The Evening Chorus 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 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. 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.
About the Author
Helen Humphreys is the author of five books of poetry, eleven novels, and three works of non-fiction. She was born in Kingston-on-Thames, England, and now lives in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Her first novel, (1997) , won the 1998 City of Toronto Book Award and was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Her second novel, (2000) , won the 2000 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, was nominated for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, and was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Her third novel, (2002) , was a 2003 Canada Reads selection, a national bestseller, and was also a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. (2004) won the 2005 Lambda Prize for fiction, has been optioned for film, and was produced as a stage play at CanStage in Toronto in the fall of 2008. (2008) was a #1 national bestseller, was chosen as one of the top 100 books of the year by the Globe & Mail, and was chosen one of the top ten books of the year by both the Ottawa Citizen and NOW Magazine. Humphreys's work of creative non-fiction, (2007) , was a #1 national bestseller. Her collections of poetry include (1990) ; and, (1995) . Her latest collection, (1999) , won the 2000 Canadian Authors Association Award for Poetry. Helen Humphreys's fiction is published in Canada by HarperCollins, and in the U.S. by W.W. Norton. was published by McClelland & Stewart in Canada, and by Bantam in the U.S. Her work has been translated into many languages.
