![]() “I include everything from their birthdates, to their physical appearance, their family and friend relationships, where they study, what they like to read, and so forth,” she said. She used the photos as inspiration for her characters and created back stories for each of them.Įdith Adelaide Fry Chinn, the author’s grandmother “The Fry family in Love in a Time of War, and the subsequent three books in the Fry Sisters series, is very much inspired by my grandmother, Edith Fry Chinn, and my two great-aunts, Jessie and Ettie Chinn,” Chinn said.Ĭhinn’s grandfather, Frederick Fry, was a professional London photographer in the early 20 th century and, luckily, Chinn has many of the family portraits he took at that time. All the while, their mother tries to protect them from the harsh realities of a war-torn time as well as from the secrets of her own past.Ĭhinn’s inspiration for the series comes from the closest of sources. Throughout we follow the Fry sisters as they come of age and search for their place in the world. The story begins in 1913 in London, but travels back in time to Capri, and forward in time to Egypt with stops in Germany and the Mediterranean. ![]() A Family Affair: Love in a Time of War by Adrienne ChinnĪdrienne Chinn’s novel, Love in a Time of War (Harper360, 2022), is the first in a series revolving around three sisters. ![]()
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