![]() ![]() As such, Agatha’s two nephews, a poet and a surgeon, start to feel the call to duty. Hostility or no, the traumas suffered by the refugees brought a new understanding of the war to Rye. While some people are very open to hosting, there is some hostility among the townsfolk. The reception of refugees was eerily reminiscent of recent refugee crises. War looms greater still when Belgian refugees are brought to Rye for safety. With Agatha’s help, she settles into her new job while war threatens to draw away her young students. Beatrice Nash, penniless and alone, is ready to live out the rest of her life in spinsterhood as a Latin professor. She has much more immediate concerns than war, like the reputation of a young Latin teacher she has taken under her wing. These interesting characters all center on Agatha, a formidable matriarch in the small town of Rye. ![]() Focusing on the everyday lives of civilians, The Summer Before the War follows a cast of diverse characters as they juggle their everyday lives with the knowledge that death is just around the corner. Despite the threat of war, in typical British style, the inhabitants of Rye keep calm and carry on. The Summer Before the War is a slow burning story of the inhabitants of Rye, England at the outbreak of World War I. ![]()
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