The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club

NATIONAL BESTSELLER ΓÇó ΓÇ£Historical fiction of the highest order . . . an absolute joy of a book,warm and romanticand with so much to say about the lives of women in the years following World War I.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöAnn Napolitanobestselling author of Hello Beautiful A timeless comedy of mannersΓÇörefreshing as a summer breeze and bracing as the British seasideΓÇöabout a generation of young women facing the seismic changes brought on by war and dreaming of the boundless possibilities of their futurefrom the bestselling author of Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand It is the summer of 1919 and Constance Haverhill is without prospects. Now that all the men have returned from the frontshe has been asked to give up her cottage and her job at the estate she helped run during the war. While she looks for a position as a bookkeeper orΓÇöhorrorΓÇöa governesssheΓÇÖs sent as a ladyΓÇÖs companion to an old family friend who is convalescing at a seaside hotel. Despite having only weeks to find a permanent homeConstance is swept up in the social whirl of Hazelbourne-on-Sea after she rescues the local baronetΓÇÖs daughterPoppy Wirrallfrom a social faux pas. Poppy wears trousersoperates a taxi and delivery service to employ local womenand runs a ladiesΓÇÖ motorcycle club (to which she plans to add flying lessons). She and her friends enthusiastically welcome Constance into their circle. And then there is HarrisPoppyΓÇÖs recalcitrant but handsome brotherΓÇöa fighter pilot recently wounded in battleΓÇöwho warms in ConstanceΓÇÖs presence. But things are more complicated than they seem in this sunny pocket of English high society. As the country prepares to celebrate its hard-won peaceConstance and the women of the club are forced to confront the fact that the freedoms they gained during the war are being revoked. Whip-smart and utterly transportiveThe Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club is historical fiction of the highest order: an unforgettable coming-of-age storya tender romanceand a portrait of a nation on the brink of change.