Fresh Helen Humphreys: Coventry

Helen Humphreys, the genuine article, brings her unique POV to the way in which so-called ordinary civilians respond to extraordinary catastrophes beyond their control in her latest fictional foray (again set in London, UK; but, this time, addressing events surrounding "the Luftwaffe bombing raid that destroyed the ancient Coventry cathedral"). This is one I look forward to savouring; Humphreys, who resides in Kingston, ON, writes like no other dame and has worked the trenches on her own terms to achieve both critical and (some) commercial acclaim.