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SUMMARY:In Conversation with Helen Simonson
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DESCRIPTION:Author of The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club\n.
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>The New York Times&nbsp\;bestselling autho
 r of <em>Major Pettigrew&rsquo\;s Last Stand</em> discusses her newest boo
 k\, <em>The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club</em>.</p>\n<p>It
  is the summer of 1919 and Constance Haverhill is without prospects. Now t
 hat all the men have returned from the front\, she has been asked to give 
 up her cottage and her job at the estate she helped run during the war. Wh
 ile she looks for a position as a bookkeeper or&mdash\;horror&mdash\;a gov
 erness\, she&rsquo\;s sent as a lady&rsquo\;s companion to an old family f
 riend who is convalescing at a seaside hotel.</p>\n<p>Constance is swept u
 p in the social whirl of Hazelbourne-on-Sea after she rescues the local ba
 ronet&rsquo\;s daughter\, Poppy Wirrall\, from a social faux pas.&nbsp\;Po
 ppy wears trousers\, operates a taxi and delivery service to employ local 
 women\, and runs a ladies&rsquo\; motorcycle club (to which she plans to a
 dd flying lessons).</p>\n<p>But things are more complicated than they seem
  in this sunny pocket of English high society. As the country prepares to 
 celebrate its hard-won peace\, Constance and the women of the club are for
 ced to confront the fact that the freedoms they gained during the war are 
 being revoked.</p>\n<h5>About the Presenter</h5>\n<p>Helen Simonson&nbsp\;
 was born in England and spent her teenage years in a small village in East
  Sussex. A graduate of the London School of Economics\, she has spent the 
 last three decades in the United States and currently lives in Brooklyn\, 
 New York. Simonson's debut novel\, <em>Major Pettigrew&rsquo\;s Last Stand
 </em>\, was a New York Times&nbsp\;bestseller. This is her second novel.</
 p>\n<p>Presented in partnership with Penguin Random House and A Different 
 Drummer Books</p>\n<p>A Different Drummer Books will be on site with books
  for sale.</p>\n<p>Explore <a href="https://burlington.bibliocommons.com/v
 2/search?query=Simonson%2C%20Helen&amp\;searchType=author">Helen Simonson<
 /a> in our collection</p>\n<h5>Accessibility</h5>\n<p>If you need an <a hr
 ef="https://www.bpl.on.ca/services/accessibility/support#attend">accessibi
 lity accommodation</a> during this program\, please register early so we c
 an confirm arrangements a few days before your visit.</p>\nhttps://bpl.lib
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