The Silent Hours, by Cesca Major
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An epic, sweeping tale set in wartime France, The Silent Hours follows three people whose lives are bound together, before war tears them apart:
Adeline, a mute who takes refuge in a convent, haunted by memories of her past;
Sebastian, a young Jewish banker whose love for the beautiful Isabelle will change the course of his life dramatically;
Tristin, a nine-year-old boy, whose family moves from Paris to settle in a village that is seemingly untouched by war.
Beautifully wrought, utterly compelling and with a shocking true story at its core, The Silent Hours is an unforgettable portrayal of love and loss.
The Silent Hours, by Cesca Major- Amazon Sales Rank: #469752 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-06-04
- Released on: 2015-06-04
- Format: Kindle eBook
Review Cesca Major clearly knows her subject, and her descriptions of the time and setting are as brilliantly accomplished as the mystery she weaves through the book... Beautifully written and peppered with real emotion, this is a story that will linger long after reading Heat A beautifully written novel that will stay with you long after you finish the last page the Sun [A] strong debut... This is assured writing and Major is a talent to watch. -- Antonia Senior The Times A moving and evocative portrait of a little-known wartime tragedy Sunday Express [A] moving debut Woman and Home A gripping mystery, with an epic sweep, The Silent Hours is a wonderfully assured debut. -- Rowan Coleman, author of THE MEMORY BOOK A gripping, fictional account of a real event in wartime France, told with a sensuous clarity. A haunting and illuminating debut novel. -- Wendy Wallace, author of THE PAINTED BRIDGE The Silent Hours is an evocative and beautifully written debut. This skilfully woven story had me transfixed from the very first page. Cesca Major is an exciting new talent to watch. -- Amanda Jennings, author of THE JUDAS SCAR A powerful and haunting exploration of love and loss in war. -- Leah Fleming, author of THE POSTCARD
About the Author Cesca Major read history at Bristol University. She went on to work in television before becoming a history teacher. In 2005 she was runner-up in the Daily Mail Writing Competition for the best opening paragraph to a novel and had a short story published in the Sentinel Literary Magazine. She has written regularly for the website www.novelicious.com and films writing videos for www.writersandartists.com. She currently works as a housemistress at a boarding school in Berkshire.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Cesca Major is a huge talent By Lincs Reader The Silent Hours by Cesca Major is published by Corvus (Atlantic Books) in paperback on 4 June 2015, and is the author's debut novel.The Silent Hours is a story that is told in threads, and each thread is expertly woven together to create an unforgettable, and quite stunning story that has such impact, and such power. It really is quite incredible that this is a debut novel, the story is haunting and beautiful and just knowing that it is based on a real story adds volumes to what really is a gripping read.The Silent Hours is told in multiple voices and opens just after the war in the early 1950s in a nunnery in south-west France. Adeline is a mysterious woman, a mute who arrived on the doorstep of the nunnery some years ago. Nobody knows where she came from, or her story, or why she cannot, or will not speak. The reader is allowed into Adeline's thoughts, and her story slowly unfurls - with a gentle pace, and links in to the other voices of this novel.The other main characters are Isabelle and her brother Paul, their stories are told in the main through the letters that they write to each other during the war years. Paul is held prisoner, Isabelle remains in their small village, and waits patiently for him to return. Sebastian is a young Jewish man, his family are successful bankers, but the war and the impact of the Nazi regime on the Jews in France alter his life dramatically. He and Isobelle meet and fall in love, and their story is the foundation of the whole novel.The reader also hears from Tristan, a young schoolboy whose family have fled Paris, and now reside in the same small village. Tristan is naive, sometimes selfish and very well protected from the horrors of war. This is his coming of age story.Cesca Major is a huge talent, and I am certain that The Silent Hours is the start of a very successful writing career for her. She has an incredible way with words and has created a love story that is memorable. She has skilfully incorporated the horrors of war and the devastating events that happened in this village in unoccupied France into the story, and whilst the love story is strong, it is the real-life events that she so skilfully portrays that really leave an impact.There are comparisons to Louisa Young's My Dear I Wanted to Tell You, and I agree. The Silent Hours has the same shock factor that Young's novel delivered so well. This is an incredible story, one that will affect the reader for a long time after the final page is turned.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Novel set in a French village (A moving tale of French WWII tragedy) By TripFiction This moving book follows 5 main characters living in a small French village that is unoccupied by the Nazis. The story starts when war in France is declared, and takes the reader up to near the end of the war – when a true event takes place.The story is told in short chapters from each of the main character’s viewpoints. This form of narration works well and does not disrupt the flow of the story at all. The main characters are:Adeline, who does not speak and is residing in a convent, who talks of the present (1952) and the past.Isabelle, Adeline’s adored teenage daughterPaul, Adeline’s son who goes off to fight in the warSebastien, the son of a Jewish bankerTristan, a 9 year old boy whose family moves from Paris to the village to escape the war.The narrative steadily builds a story of village life, including romance, prejudice, childish innocence, war and different perspectives. The reader is gradually pulled into the characters’ lives – it is like a puzzle being gradually filled in, with the reader becoming mesmerised as the picture become ever more complete.This story is fiction, but based around a real event that took place on 10 June 1944. The village, Oradour-sur-Glane, where the action takes place, is a real place (now a permanent memorial and museum). I strongly recommend that you do not look up the event until you have finished the book. All the characters are fictional, but I imagine their lives are typical of those that would have been taking place in this village at that time – the author is a historian. Hopes and fears, loves and disappointments are drawn well – as the characters come to life and struggle in these times of hardship and restrictions.For me the story from Tristan’s 9 year old point of view was particularly strong – having the full facts withheld from him, he imagines scenarios with himself as the hero who brings an end to the war. However his innocent imaginings and actions have far reaching outcomes in the real world.The book flowed well, and kept me gripped. It gave me a very powerful image of what a village such as this would have been like at that time, with all the serious worries and fears of war, and the petty arguments etc that continue in any small community. There is a useful “Historical Note” at the end, which clarifies how much of the book is fiction and how much based on real life events.I highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in French village life during WWII, or just wants a great engaging read.It is suitable for all the family.The author talks about how she found inspiration in Oradour-sur-Glane for the story: [...]
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Impressive By Suze Lavender Adeline lives in a convent. Something has happened to her and it was so terrible that she hasn't been able to speak ever since. She's blocked most of her memories and nobody knows what's the matter. It's several years after the war now and they think it's time for her to get better help. Slowly some of her memories are coming back, but they are so painful, too painful to think about.Tristan and his family moved from Paris to the French countryside at the start of the war, because of their safety. There he has to get used to a completely different life. School is different, he has more space to play, his friends are different and he doesn't understand what is happening. He wants to help and save his country, but he's very young and he has no idea what the consequences of his actions will be.Sebastien is madly in love with Isabelle, but the war makes things difficult for the young couple. He's a Jewish banker and slowly his life is changing. He might lose everything that's dear to him. Isabelle loves him very much as well. They're a young couple who should have the time of their lives, but instead the war is threatening to spoil everything for them. When Sebastien is taking a great risk to see Isabelle he changes the course of his future. What will happen to these two people in love?Isabelle is in love with Sebastien. It makes her happy that she's found the love of her life, but the war makes it difficult for her to love him freely. Especially when it isn't possible for Jews to have a normal existence any longer. She also misses her brother Paul dearly. He's been captured by the Germans and she has no idea when and if he'll be coming home. They're regularly exchanging letters, but their content is getting more sorrowful every time they write.The stories of the main characters in this book are coming together at some point and that was such an emotional moment. I shed quite a lot of tears while reading this book. The Silent Hours is an impressive story about the war, about love and hate and about the terrible things that have been done to people. I don't understand cruelty and it always makes me feel sick. It's so unfair that Isabelle and Sebastien can't be happily in love and that a young guy like Paul has to wither away in prison. Every victim of war is one too many. I think The Silent Hours shows that in a beautiful way. I loved this book, it's absolutely amazing. The topic is a sad one, but there's also hope and that got me through the story. Even though the most terrible things were happening they had to end at some point, the only question is what will be left after so many years of misery. Cesca Major is a great author and The Silent Hours is definitely a book I will read again.
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