From New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling creator 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 within the arms of Sofia Bartoli. However the love that kindled between them was once shaken by an irreversible betrayal.
Nearly thirty years later, Hugo’s estranged daughter, Joanna, has returned home to the English countryside to organize her father’s funeral. Among his personal effects is an unopened letter addressed to Sofia. In this is a startling revelation.
Still coping with the emotional wounds of her own personal trauma, Joanna embarks on a healing journey to Tuscany to take note her father’s history—and perhaps come to take note herself as well. Joanna soon discovers that some would like the past be left undisturbed, but she has come too far to let go of her father’s secrets now…
