Lovely War by Julie Berry
A sweeping, multi-layered romance with a divine twist, by the Printz Honor-winning author of The Passion of Dolssa, set in the perilous days of World Wars I and II.
It’s 1917, and World War I is at its zenith when Hazel and James first catch sight of each other at a London party. She’s a shy and talented pianist; he’s a newly minted soldier with dreams of becoming an architect. When they fall in love, it’s immediate and deep–and cut short when James is shipped off to the killing fields.
Aubrey Edwards is also headed toward the trenches. A gifted musician who’s played Carnegie Hall, he’s a member of the 15th New York Infantry, an all-African-American regiment being sent to Europe to help end the Great War. Love is the last thing on his mind. But that’s before he meets Colette Fournier, a Belgian chanteuse who’s already survived unspeakable tragedy at the hands of the Germans.
Thirty years after these four lovers’ fates collide, the Greek goddess Aphrodite tells their stories to her husband, Hephaestus, and her lover, Ares, in a luxe Manhattan hotel room at the height of World War II. She seeks to answer the age-old question: Why are Love and War eternally drawn to one another? But her quest for a conclusion that will satisfy her jealous husband uncovers a multi-threaded tale of prejudice, trauma, and music and reveals that War is no match for the power of Love.
- File Name:lovely-war-by-julie-berry.epub
- Original Title:Lovely War
- Creator:Julie Berry
- Language:en-US
- Identifier:9780698157484
- Publisher:Penguin Young Readers Group
- Date:2019-03-05
- File Size:1.969 MB
Table of Content
- 1. COVER
- 2. TITLE PAGE
- 3. COPYRIGHT
- 4. DEDICATION
- 5. CONTENTS
- 6. EPIGRAPH
- 7. OVERTURE
- DECEMBER 1942: I Hear a Rhapsody
- DECEMBER 1942: The Golden Net
- DECEMBER 1942: The Judgment of Manhattan
- 8. ACT ONE
- APHRODITE: Hazel—November 23, 1917
- APHRODITE: First Dance—November 23, 1917
- APHRODITE: The Kiss (Part I)—November 23, 1917
- APHRODITE: The Kiss (Part II)—November 23, 1917
- APHRODITE: Sleepless—November 23, 1917
- APHRODITE: The King’s Whiskers—November 23, 1917
- DECEMBER 1942: An Interruption
- APHRODITE: Caught—November 23, 1917
- APHRODITE: A Note—November 23, 1917
- APHRODITE: The Tea Shop—November 24, 1917
- APHRODITE: Questions—November 24, 1917
- DECEMBER 1942: To Forge, to Meld
- APHRODITE: A Walk—November 24, 1917
- APHRODITE: Goodbye—November 24, 1917
- APHRODITE: In Between—November 24, 1917
- DECEMBER 1942: First Witness
- APOLLO: Carnegie Hall—May 2, 1912
- APOLLO: Spartanburg—October 13, 1917
- DECEMBER 1942: Intersection
- APHRODITE: Royal Albert Hall—November 25, 1917
- APHRODITE: Concert, Continued—November 25, 1917
- APHRODITE: Torture—November 25–26, 1917
- APHRODITE: First Night—November 26, 1917
- 9. ENTR’ACTE
- 10. ACT TWO
- APOLLO: “I Want to Be Ready”—January 3, 1918
- APHRODITE: Relief Huts—January 4, 1918
- DECEMBER 1942: Second Witness
- ARES: Bayonet Practice—January 4, 1918
- DECEMBER 1942: Third Witness
- Colette Fournier—July–August 1914
- APHRODITE: Entertaining the Yanks—January 4, 1918
- APOLLO: Wake-Up Call—January 3, 1918
- APHRODITE: Pathétique—January 8, 1918
- APHRODITE: Midday Mail—January 9, 1918
- ARES: Target Practice—January 7, 1918
- APHRODITE: Girl Singer—January 12, 1918
- APOLLO: The Next Morning—January 13, 1918
- APOLLO: At Band Practice—January 13, 1918
- ARES: In the Trenches—January 9, 1918
- APHRODITE: Caught—January 15, 1918
- APOLLO: Half an Hour—January 15, 1918
- ARES: Under the Moons of Mars—January 9, 1918
- APOLLO: Colt M1910—January 16, 1918
- APHRODITE: Two Letters Arrive—January 19, 1918
- ARES: Moving Up the Line—January 20, 1918
- APHRODITE: A Headache—January 26, 1918
- APHRODITE: Stéphane—January 26, 1918
- ARES: Don’t Shoot the Dummy—January 30, 1918
- APOLLO: Vampire Squad—February 3, 1918
- ARES: Rotating Out—February 8, 1918
- APHRODITE: Two Days’ Leave—February 8, 1918
- APHRODITE: Concert Night—February 11, 1918
- APOLLO: Trouble with Joey—February 11, 1918
- HADES: Vertigo—February 11, 1918
- HADES: Torchlight—February 11, 1918
- HADES: Homecoming
- 11. ENTR’ACTE
- Three Trains—February 12–13, 1918
- 12. ACT THREE
- APHRODITE: Gare du Nord—February 13, 1918
- APHRODITE: Archimedes—February 13, 1918
- APHRODITE: Café du Nord—February 13, 1918
- APHRODITE: Saint-Vincent-de-Paul—February 13, 1918
- APHRODITE: Le Bouillon Chartier—February 13, 1918
- DECEMBER 1942: A Kiss Is Just a Kiss
- APHRODITE: About Time—February 13, 1918
- DECEMBER 1942: An Answered Prayer
- APHRODITE: When We Were Young—February 13, 1918
- HADES: Midnight Train—February 13, 1918
- APHRODITE: Valentine’s Day—February 14, 1918
- APHRODITE: Letting Go—February 14, 1918
- Three Trains Again—February 15, 1918
- APHRODITE: Waiting for Letters—February 19–28, 1918
- HADES: Hideaway—March 1–12, 1918
- APOLLO: Three Million Notes—March 13, 1918
- APHRODITE: Note for Note—March 16, 1918
- APHRODITE: Digging—March 18, 1918
- APHRODITE: Treason—March 18, 1918
- APHRODITE: Do You Deny It?—March 19, 1918
- ARES: Preparations—February 20–March 20, 1918
- APHRODITE: Regrouping—March 20, 1918
- ARES: Operation Michael—March 21, 1918
- APHRODITE: From Paris—March 21, 1918
- ARES: Handed to the French—March 21, 1918
- ARES: Fog—March 21, 1918
- ARES: Jesse James—March 21, 1918
- ARES: Sniper in the Snow—March 21, 1918
- DECEMBER 1942: Telegram
- HADES: At the Beach
- HADES: Identity Discs—March 21, 1918
- 13. ENTR’ACTE
- APHRODITE: The Fates of Certain Letters
- 14. ACT FOUR
- ARES: Chocolate—March 24–April 5, 1918
- HADES: Disappearing—March 22–25, 1918
- HADES: Horse-Race Gambling—March–April 1918
- APOLLO: Émile—March 22–April 13, 1918
- APHRODITE: Any Work Will Do—March 29, 1918
- HADES: The Pink Room—April 12, 1918
- APHRODITE: Cabbage in Compiègne—April–May 1918
- HADES: Welcome Home—May 6, 1918
- ARES: Spelling the Word “American”—May 14, 1918
- APHRODITE: House Call—June 1, 1918
- APHRODITE: Watching Her Go—June 1, 1918
- APHRODITE: Spasms—June 1, 1918
- ARES: Light Duty—June 3–4, 1918
- APHRODITE: Hoping It Might Be You—June 4, 1918
- APHRODITE: Work—June 4–9, 1918
- HADES: Let It Be Me—June 14, 1918
- APHRODITE: Mangled Up—June 14, 1918
- APHRODITE: Ride to Lowestoft—June 15, 1918
- HADES: What Adelaide Needed to Know—June 15, 1918
- HADES: James’s Answers—June 15, 1918
- 15. ENTR’ACTE
- Seaside—June 15, 1918
- 16. ACT FIVE
- APHRODITE: The Battle of Henry Johnson—June 5, 1918
- APHRODITE: Medical Review Board—July 1, 1918
- APHRODITE: Mail Delivery—June 29, 1918
- DECEMBER 1942: A Possible Ending
- The Rest of the Story—July 15–August 17, 1918
- HADES: The Royal Albert Hall
- APHRODITE: Lazybones—August 20, 1918
- APHRODITE: Scars—August 21–September 1, 1918
- DECEMBER 1942: Handkerchiefs
- APHRODITE: Elevens—1918 and Beyond
- Harlem Bound—1919 and Beyond
- 17. EXIT MUSIC
- DECEMBER 1942: Closing Arguments
- DECEMBER 1942: About Time (Part II)
- HISTORICAL NOTE
- 18. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
- 19. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- 20. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Julie Berry
