num_pages: 471
description: 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.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.
language: English
title: Lovely War
publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers