“This fascinating, gorgeously written novel of World War I will grip you and remind you that the greatest danger is closing our hearts to love.” -Nancy Werlin, National Book Award honoree and New York Times bestseller Easily one of the best novels I have read all year!” -Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network “Julie Berry pens an utter delight in Lovely War, an effervescent confection of a novel filled with humor, tragedy, romance, and myth. “Words like ‘epic,’ ‘sweeping’ and ‘romantic’ might have been designed with Julie Berry’s Lovely War in mind.” – Shelf Awareness “Readers will be swept away by Berry’s lyrical prose.” - School Library Journal, starred review “Fans of Marcus Sedgwick, Lois Lowry and Elizabeth Wein will love this romantic yet unflinching look at teenagers coming of age during World War I.” - Bookpage, starred review Happily for us, that ambition so often results in great success.” - Booklist, starred review “Proves again that Berry is one of our most ambitious writers. “Poignant…will make readers, by turns, laugh, cry, and swoon.” - The Horn Book, starred review “Emotion-packed…Suggests that while war and its devastation cycles through history, the forces of art and love remain steady, eternal, and life-sustaining.” - Publishers Weekly, starred review

An unforgettable romance so Olympian in scope, human at its core, and lyrical in its prose that it must be divinely inspired.” - Kirkus Reviews, starred review “Stunning… gives ordinary lives the sheen of the epic.” – Refinery 2

“Julie Berry doesn’t disappoint in this epic novel.” – US Weekly “Timeless and startlingly fresh.” – Entertainment Weekly “A romantic and inventive story from its dramatic start to its laughter and tear-spangled ending.” – The Wall Street Journal Named a Best Book of 2019: Wall Street Journal, BookPage, Kirkus Reviews, Shelf Awareness, The Horn Book, Booklist, Chicago Public Library

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