Waterloo Station : A Novel (Grayson, Emily)

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Summary: Romantic
Review: A nice love story and a worthwhile read. It's short, touching, romantic, and well written.

Rating:
Summary: Romantic
Review: A nice love story and a worthwhile read. It's short, touching, romantic, and well written.

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Summary: A Nice Romance Set In England
Review: I have often wondered why the name Emily Grayson isn't discussed or mentioned more often among readers. Or perhaps I don't speak to the right people. I do know that reading her earlier books, The Gazebo and The Observatory provided me with good reads and lovely romance stories. And now that I have read Waterloo Station, Grayson's latest book, I can certainly add this title to my list of books to recommend.

Waterloo Station takes place shortly before World War II as rumors of impending war between England and Germany fill the newspapers. But not the news of war or her parents objections can deter the main character, Maude, and 18 year old student from crossing the Atlantic to study at Oxford. Once there Maude falls in love with her married professor who shares the same feelings for her. As their illicit affair continues war breaks out and Maude's lover, Stephen, joins the Royal Air Force. Refusing to return home, Maude, becomes a nurse and spends the next few years tending to wounded military men in England. Unfortunately, a misunderstood communication from a friend about Stephen changes Maude's outward feelings for him and things change dramatically for the two main characters till the end of the book which provides the reader with a satisfying and happy conclusion.

Emily Grayson offers her readers a lovely novel set against the landscape of war. Waterloo Station is filled with a sense of innocence, romanticism about war, love and loss. It is a short, worthwhile read and one I recommend wholeheartedly.

Rating:
Summary: A Nice Romance Set In England
Review: I have often wondered why the name Emily Grayson isn't discussed or mentioned more often among readers. Or perhaps I don't speak to the right people. I do know that reading her earlier books, The Gazebo and The Observatory provided me with good reads and lovely romance stories. And now that I have read Waterloo Station, Grayson's latest book, I can certainly add this title to my list of books to recommend.

Waterloo Station takes place shortly before World War II as rumors of impending war between England and Germany fill the newspapers. But not the news of war or her parents objections can deter the main character, Maude, and 18 year old student from crossing the Atlantic to study at Oxford. Once there Maude falls in love with her married professor who shares the same feelings for her. As their illicit affair continues war breaks out and Maude's lover, Stephen, joins the Royal Air Force. Refusing to return home, Maude, becomes a nurse and spends the next few years tending to wounded military men in England. Unfortunately, a misunderstood communication from a friend about Stephen changes Maude's outward feelings for him and things change dramatically for the two main characters till the end of the book which provides the reader with a satisfying and happy conclusion.

Emily Grayson offers her readers a lovely novel set against the landscape of war. Waterloo Station is filled with a sense of innocence, romanticism about war, love and loss. It is a short, worthwhile read and one I recommend wholeheartedly.

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Summary: WW II backdrop to a delightful romantic tale
Review: In 1938, young American Maude Latham leaves her home in Longwood, New York to attend classes at prestigious Oxford University. As Maude adapts to life in England, she realizes that her tutors treat her as a second class citizen or worse because of her gender. That changes when twenty-seven year Stephen Kendall replaces an ailing professor as Maude's tutor on the romantic poets.

As they go over in depth the works of a lesser-known poet, A.L. Slayton, Maude and Stephen fall deeply in love. However, he is married so though they enjoy each other's company nothing in the long run will come of it. When the Battle of France ends and the Battle of Britain begins, Stephen joins the military while Maude becomes a nurse. Separated by the war, chances of this couple deeply in love with one another ever attaining a permanent relationship seems nil, but then again both are big fans of the Age of Romanticism.

WATERLOO STATION is an old fashion love story that uses WW II as a backdrop to a delightful romantic tale. The lead couple is a charming duo whom obviously belongs together, but chances seem remote that they will. The story line is character driven with limited action; although the war impedes on life, in this novel it serves to bring out the qualities of the cast. Fans of a fervent love story will cherish Emily Grayson's moving tale.

Harriet Klausner

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Summary: Romantic Read
Review: The war looms over Europe in 1938 but Maude Latham, an adventurous American studying at Oxford, refuses to return home. Maude has unexpectedly fallen in love with her handsome, very married, tutor. When war explodes, he enlists and Maude begins a new life as a nurse. She changes, discovers more about herself and about the reality of love. The twists, turns, highs and lows of this love story will hold you captive from first word through to the last.
Beverly J Scott author of Righteous Revenge and Ruth Fever

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Summary: Get your tissues ready!
Review: Waterloo Staion is a wonderful story about Maude, a young girl of only 18, who goes off to Oxford University in 1938 just before the war with Germany. Once there she falls in love and has an affair with her married literary tutor Stephen Kendall but this relationship was not meant to last. Stephen joined the Royal Navy and Maude became a nurse and since they were not allowed to have any contact with each other a terrible twist in fate occurred that would change their lives forever.
Waterloo Station is a compelling love story set in an unforgettable time period.
I have read all of Emily Grayson books and this one is the best so far. Treat yourself to this little gem today.

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Summary: Another romantic novel by Emily Grayson
Review: WATERLOO STATION by Emily Grayson
Courtesy of WWW.LOVEROMANCES.COM
November 11, 2004

WATERLOO STATION is yet another romantic tale by author Emily Grayson. Grayson has a gift for writing such wonderful romances, which can be read in only a few hours, yet they leave such a big impact despite the short length. Emily Grayson knows how to write the perfect old-fashioned romance, and her books are a must-read.

In this tale, a young woman, Maude Latham, makes a big decision by attending college overseas, at Oxford. She has a sense of adventure and this is her first step at becoming an independent woman. It is 1938, and WWII is just around the corner, but she is not afraid of any impending rumors of war.

While studying there, Maude falls in love with her poetry tutor, Stephen Kendall, but there is one hitch: he's married. Their romance is doomed from the start, but the two are so in love that they take risks, such as going off to London to spend a few hours together. Stephen's marriage is an unhappy one, but he is afraid to ask his wife for a divorce, due to her fragile constitution. He promises Maude that one day he will make that big step, and wants Maude in his life forever.

In the meantime, England enters WWII and Stephen goes off to war, advising Maude to return to the United States where she will be safe, but she is stubborn and stays in England, helping out with the war effort. She becomes a nurse and waits patiently for any word from Stephen. As long as she knows Stephen is coming back to her, she is willing to wait, and this keeps her going through the long days ahead. When she receives word that he has decided to stay with his wife, she is devastated, but continues with her work as a nurse, having made that decision to stay in England. She wonders if she will ever love again as passionately as she's loved Stephen, and decides that she needs to forget all about him and move on.

WATERLOO STATION is a simple love story that is predictable on some level, but despite that fact, it is a wonderful book. Anyone who is a fan of the old-fashioned romance is going to love this story, and this reviewer recommends reading Grayson's other books as well.

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Summary: Would make a good Hallmark movie...
Review: While this story is predictable it is a nice, short read.

Carrie's grandmother, Maude, tells of her own experience with love while in England at university in 1938. Story begins in the present and goes to a flashback. Lush and sweeping - this would be a good Hallmark movie!

This was my first Grayson read so I can't compare it to her others but it was a touch sappy.