The Woman in the Sable Coat, Elizabeth Brooks
The Woman in the Sable Coat, Elizabeth Brooks
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The Woman in the Sable Coat

Author: Elizabeth Brooks

Narrator: Esther Wane

Unabridged: 11 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/09/2024


Synopsis

From the acclaimed author of The Orphan of Salt Winds, The Whispering House, and The House in the Orchard comes a passionate and fateful story of love, betrayal, and the rewards—and costs—of following your heart.

At the height of the Second World War in England, twenty-two-year-old Nina Woodrow joins the British Royal Air Force and rebels against her careful upbringing by embarking on an illicit affair with an officer. She risks losing everything for Guy Nicholson: her comfortable home, her childhood friends, and, especially, the love of her father, an enigmatic widower.

Meanwhile, in the sleepy village where Nina grew up, where the upheavals of war seem far away and divorce remains taboo, Kate Nicholson struggles to cope with her new role as the wronged wife. She finds an unlikely confidant in Nina's father, Henry, and as they grow closer Kate finds that she's embroiled in something much murkier, and more menacing, than a straightforward friendship.

Sweeping and impassioned, with pitch-perfect period detail, Elizabeth Brooks's The Woman in the Sable Coat tells the story of two families fatally entangled in one another's deepest, darkest secrets.

About Elizabeth Brooks

Elizabeth Brooks is the author of The Orphan of Salt Winds, The Whispering House, and The House in the Orchard. She grew up in Chester, England, graduated from Cambridge University, and resides on the Isle of Man with her husband and two children.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Rachel on October 20, 2023

The Woman in the Sable Coat by Elizabeth Brooks is a wonderful WWII-era historical fiction that is unique, fascinating, complex, and sets itself apart from the rest of the entries within this genre. If you are like me, you are getting slightly burnt out on WWII- era HF and are looking for something......more

Goodreads review by Chrissie on May 07, 2024

Set in England during World War II, Nina Woodrow has a tight-knit relationship with her widowed father until she joins the British Royal Air Force and becomes involved in a forbidden affair with a married officer she knew before. Meanwhile, in Nina's quiet village, Kate Nicholson grapples with being......more

Goodreads review by Dezirah on March 05, 2024

This was a strange read for me. Constructed of quiet moments that fall between the action where the characters think back on what has happened, combined with the shifting POV between the two FMC this was not the easiest book to get into. While an interesting format and a look at the lives of women a......more

Goodreads review by Amanda on January 19, 2024

I received a copy of this book in a Goodreads giveaway. I think my problem with this wasn't so much that it was poorly written, but that it was painfully slow-moving and the premise itself just didn't really appeal to me. None of the characters really stood out and gave me any reason to become inves......more

Goodreads review by Tanja on November 26, 2024

I’m not quite sure how I feel about this book. Certainly World War II complicated a lot of relationships. The buildup to Guy and Nina’s affair takes forever, and the relationship between Kate and Henry is strange, to say the least. Still, I really enjoyed this book, and I am left wondering if Nina a......more