Vivi lost her fiancé during World War II. No one knows exactly what happened to him. She is angry and cannot move on. After writing a play that received less than stellar reviews, she is invited to work in Italy helping to rewrite a script. She also hopes to learn more about her fiancé while there. EveryTime We Say Goodbye, by Natalie Joyner, takes the reader into the world of Italian movies of the 1950s, the beautiful women who star in them, and the Catholic Church who censors them.

Almost everyone carries scars of some sort from the war. How each one lives with those scars is as varied as the people themselves. This is a psychological novel that looks at these people to see how, or if, they can move forward. It is a poignant story of the postwar world of the 1950s. I was able to read an ARC on #NetGalley.

This book is the third Jane Austen Society trilogy and it does not disappoint! I was given the chance to read an advance copy thanks to netgalley & St. Martin's Press in exchange for an honest review, thank you to both of them! This is exactly the kind of book you'd expect from the Author Natalie Jenner. Her fine details help you picture it like you are there. 5/5 stars from me!

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I received a complimentary Kindle e-book in exchange for an honest review. The opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own. Thank you to Natalie Jenner, Allison and Busby, and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book.

This is the beautiful conclusion to the Jane Austen Society trilogy - I would definitely recommend reading the previous two books first to fully appreciate this final book.

The novel is primarily about Vivien who travels to Rome after a theater disaster in London. She is a playwright who is hired to tighten up a screenplay that needs a lot of work. There are two timelines - 1943 with the resistance fighting the Nazis for Italy and 1945/1946 Rome. The two timelines are connected and are so important to be told together.

Natalie Jenner writes beautifully and this is the third book that I have read by her. I truly hope to read more books by her as I have enjoyed them all so much!