The Summer before the War

The Summer before the War by Helen Simonson, 479 pages
Beatrice Nash, whose father died and left her with far less than she thought she would have, has to find a job in pre-World War I England. She finds a home, friends and possibly love in her new home in the village of Rye, but then the looming war intervenes.
By the author of Major Pettigrew's Last Stand.