num_pages: 418
description: A spellbinding novel about three unforgettable individuals thrown together by war love and their search for belonging in the ever-changing landscape of WWII London.Its 1939 and Mary a young socialite is determined to shock her blueblood political family by volunteering for the war effort. She is assigned as a teacher to children who were evacuated from London and have been rejected by the countryside because they are infirm mentally disabled orlike Marys favorite student Zacharyhave colored skin.Tom an education administrator is distraught when his best friend Alastair enlists. Alastair an art restorer has always seemed far removed from the violent life to which he has now condemned himself. But Tom finds distraction in Mary first as her employer and then as their relationship quickly develops in the emotionally charged times. When Mary meets Alastair the three are drawn into a tragic love triangle andwhile war escalates and bombs begin falling around themfurther into a new world unlike any theyve ever known.A sweeping epic with the kind of unforgettable characters cultural insights and indelible scenes that made Little Bee so incredible Chris Cleaves latest novel explores the disenfranchised the bereaved the elite the embattled. Everyone Brave Is Forgiven is a heartbreakingly beautiful story of love loss and incredible courage.
language: English
title: Everyone Brave Is Forgiven
publisher: Simon & Schuster