Penguin Random House South Africa
Categories: Crime & Thrillers, Fiction, International Fiction, Adult
ISBN: 9781405944359
Published: January 2022
Imprint: Penguin
Page Extent: 400
Format: Paperback
RRP 250.00
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The beautifully compelling wartime story of freedom and love set deep in the Scottish islands
'A powerful Second World War love story' THE TIMES
'Deeply evocative of Orkney and its wild beauty. A stunning tale of sisters, salvation and sacrifice' EMMA STONEX
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Orkney, 1941.
Five hundred Italian prisoners of war arrive to fortify these wild and desolate islands.
Orphaned sisters Dorothy and Constance volunteer to nurse the wounded. But while beautiful, damaged Constance remains wary of the men, Dot finds herself increasingly drawn to Cesare, a young man fighting on the wrong side and broken by the horrors of battle. Secretly, passionately, they fall in love.
When a tragic mistake from...
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