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As a stateofthe city novel, its richer than john lanchesters capital and less pleased with itself than ian mcewans saturday evening standard about the author elizabeth day is the author of three previous novels. In the fall of 1941, the philippines was a gardeniascented paradise for the american army. Three weeks prior to martin gilmours summons by the tipworth pd, britains best and brightest gathered at charismatic power couple ben and serena fitzmaurices. Norman brings a quiet, scholarly voice to this narrative. Celebrating women in books dayton league of women voters. Paradise city by elizabeth day 9780008221751 paperback. Best books in fiction, mystery, romance, science fiction, nonfiction, memoir, childrens books. Her latest book is how to fail, a chronicle of the lifelessons of failure based on her hit podcast. The four characters here are howard pink, beatrice kizza, esme reade and carol hetherington, all of whom live in. Beatrice kizza fled persecution in uganda, where homosexuality is illegal. Dayton and other cities in the midwest have long been the canary in the. This book tells the story of the men and women of fighter command who worked tirelessly in air bases. Four disparate characters find themselves linked together in paradise city. Beatrice kizza, a woman in flight from a homeland that condemned her for daring to love, flees to london.