Sometimes we need a break. From politics, life situations, and all the noise. My way of taking a break is to read a good story. I found this one and could not put it down. With The Tuscan Child, I was taken through Tuscany present day and Tuscany during World War II.
I love to do a book review. But I never do the star thing. A silly convention that tells a reader nothing because it is too arbitrary. The cover and the description is what I look for when I choose a book. Not a fail proof method, but works for me. Take a look at this description from Amazon. What do you think?
From New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Rhys Bowen comes a haunting novel about a woman who braves her father’s hidden past to discover his secrets…
“Pass the bread, the olives, and the wine. Oh, and a copy of The Tuscan Child to savor with them.” —NPR
In 1944, British bomber pilot Hugo Langley parachuted from his stricken plane into the verdant fields of German-occupied Tuscany. Badly wounded, he found refuge in a ruined monastery and in the arms of Sofia Bartoli. But the love that kindled between them was shaken by an irreversible betrayal.
Nearly thirty years later, Hugo’s estranged daughter, Joanna, has returned home to the English countryside to arrange her father’s funeral. Among his personal effects is an unopened letter addressed to Sofia. In it is a startling revelation.
Still dealing with the emotional wounds of her own personal trauma, Joanna embarks on a healing journey to Tuscany to understand her father’s history—and maybe come to understand herself as well. Joanna soon discovers that some would prefer the past be left undisturbed, but she has come too far to let go of her father’s secrets now…
By the way, I loved Farleigh Field.
https://www.amazon.com/Rhys-Bowen/e/B000APMASK/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1