Daphne, a young Jewish Greek artist, finds her life under threat during the Nazi occupation of Athens. In 2023 Liverpool, fine art restorer Flora is planning her Granny Daphne's 100th birthday. Nearing the end of her life, Daphne tells Flora of a valuable piece of art from her youth.
As Summer learns more about her family's past, she begins to long for its future, and begins to track down the son she has not seen since his birth. 1916After a tragic mistake contributed to the sinking of the HMS Britannic, Gertie Smith is determined to leave the past behind.
Sofia, eighty-five years old, unable to speak, is desperate to find a daughter she has never known. After a tragic childhood in Athens and a soaring career as a singer, the brutal treatment of the man she loved by a tyrannical regime forced her to give up her daughter mere days after her birth.
It's a book I enjoyed very much and one which fans of Victoria Hislop and Debbie Rix are sure to enjoy' (NetGalley Reviewer)'So well written and utterly heartbreaking .
If you love The Island by Victoria Hislop and The Villa in Italy by Elizabeth Edmondson , you will love this perfect summer read. 'The story started at dawn on the fourteenth of September, 1943 .
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