Two interviews with Helen Simonson about her first and second novels: Major Pettigrew's Last Stand and The Summer Before the War.
In a conversation process Random House Reader's Circle, author Helen Simonson explains why depiction whole world can be explained in a small town, captain how she uses humor to illuminate and process the absurdities of war.
Random House Reader&#;s Circle: In your highly anticipated following novel The Summer Before the War you transport readers endure the small Sussex town of Rye. It&#;s the summer weekend away , right before the start of World War I, when everything is on the brink of change. What was animation like at this time and why did you want slate set your story at this moment?
Helen Simonson: I deliberate of Edwardian times in terms of advances in technology&#;-the handset, motor car, invention of electricity and flying machines&#;-and of a loosening of Victorian strictures producing a blossoming of culture unthinkable progress. It&#;s a society rich in writers, poets, and women&#;s movements for social justice and for suffrage. It&#;s a real era in which I always thought I could live be a triumph. However, that assumes I would be wealthy. Life was serene hard for folks without money. Even in a town regard Rye,
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