The Queen's Coronation

Name: The Queen's Coronation
Brand: Ballantine Books
SKU: 9780593872277
Price: 37.20 USD
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Bestselling author of The Chilbury Ladies' Choir

Biographical Note:
Jennifer Ryan is the author of The Chilbury Ladies' Choir, The Spies of Shilling Lane, The Kitchen Front, The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle, and The Underground Library. She was previously a book editor with The Economist, DK, and the BBC. After marrying, she moved from London to Washington, D.C., and now lives in Northern Virginia with her husband and two children. Her novels are inspired by her grandmother's tales of the war in Britain.

Review Quotes:
Praise for The Underground Library

"[Jennifer Ryan] showcases the community spirit and camaraderie of the London population during the worst of the bombing. . . . Always central is the love of books and their importance as an escape from the horrors of war." --Historical Novel Society

Praise for The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle

"A deliciously warm and heartrending tale." ―Martha Hall Kelly, New York Times bestselling author of Lilac Girls

Praise for The Kitchen Front

"A charming tale that will satiate a lot of different tastes . . . This story had me so hooked, I literally couldn't put it down to cook." ―NPR

"Four women, who have different reasons for competing, take solace in one another as they create recipes out of rationed ingredients. It's like re-watching old episodes of The Great British Baking Show." ―The Washington Post

Praise for The Spies of Shilling Lane

"Quick and delightful . . . Ryan's subtlety shines in her acknowledgment of the importance of remembering the people who pass through our lives and in her descriptions of how war and conflict can teach empathy and change people for the better." ―The New York Times Book Review

Praise for The Chilbury Ladies' Choir

"A delightful debut." ―People

"Ryan creates the kind of wartime novel that plays out over the intimate territory of the human heart--full of soul, full of hope." ―Beatriz Williams, New York Times bestselling author of The Golden Hours

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As a young Queen Elizabeth II prepares to take the throne, three women in her employ will discover where they belong in a rapidly changing world in this heartwarming novel from the bestselling author of The Chilbury Ladies' Choir.

London, 1953. Buckingham Palace and the many employees vital to the smooth running of the monarchy find themselves in bedlam as the Queen's coronation quickly approaches.

Caroline Brimstone, assistant dresser to the queen, watches the queen finding the strength to rule--a woman taking charge of her future. Meanwhile, Caroline's life is worn thin by her gambler husband, and she is barely holding on as every penny she earns seems to run out the door. When a trip to Balmoral brings her face-to-face with the man she once loved, she finds herself at a crossroads between what her life is and what her life could be. Can she, like the queen, find the strength to define her own future?

Lucy Jones is a junior wardrobe assistant who positively radiates life--she's young, idealistic, and eager to become a famous singer. So when a handsome, wealthy man at the palace promises to help her on her way to stardom, she's over the moon to have such a supportive husband-to-be. And if he's asking some things of her that she's not quite sure about, isn't that just part of the glamorous life?

Miranda Miller has come over from America just in time to help with preparations as a temporary secretary in the palace. The job is a perfect way to gather information for the article she's writing about the coronation for a magazine back in New York; the article that will keep her boss from firing her because of her gender.

But as all three women discover, just because a woman will soon be sitting upon the throne, it doesn't mean that society will change overnight--and if they want to carve places for themselves in this world, they'll have to do it together.

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