Caroline Lea

Broschiertes Buch

The Metal Heart

The beautiful and atmospheric story of freedom and love that will grip your heart

Beschreibung

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 Con's past returns to haunt them, Dot must make a choice:

Protect her sister no matter the costs, or save the man who has captured her heart?
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Praise for Caroline Lea:

'Enthralling' Stacey Halls, author of The Familiars and The Foundling

'Fantastic' The Times

'Memorable and compelling' Sarah Moss, author of The Times Book of the Year Ghost Wall

'Intensely written and atmospheric' Daily Mail

'Gripped me in a cold fist. Beautiful' Sara Collins, author of The Confessions of Frannie Langton

'Brilliant' Daily Express

Autor

Caroline Lea

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin / Penguin Books UK
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 472196
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. November 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 196mm x 129mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 284g
• ISBN-13: 9781405944359
• ISBN-10: 1405944358
• Artikelnr.: 61287936

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"The story of true innocents caught up in the machinery of war. Exquisitely researched, beautifully told, this tiny corner of Scotland came alive for me in all of my senses and I found myself rooting for the central characters with all my heart."
- Mary Beth Keane, author of Ask Again, Yes

"A powerful Second World War love story. As tensions grow between the Italian PoWs and the Orkney men, the scene is set for a dramatic reckoning. Lea writes beautifully of island life and love, and the sacrifices that both demand." - Times, London

"Transported me to Orkney during the Second World War. Lyrical writing, a compelling plot and a very strong sense of place-I loved it" - Harriet Tyce, author of The Lies You Told and

Blood Orange

"Atmospheric, heart-wrenching, evocative-this is a gorgeously written story about the scars we carry with us, and how they can be overcome." - Gytha Lodge, author of Watching from the Dark and She Lies in Wait

"Piercing. .. . Devastating and revelatory." - New York Times Book Review on The Glass Woman

"Gripped me in a cold fist. Beautiful." - Sara Collins, author of The Confessions of Frannie Langton on The Glass Woman

"A fantastic, atmospheric debut." - Times, London on The Glass Woman

"Lea brings to life a story inspired by real lives and events of WWII in this captivating, harrowing tale of wartime survival and sacrifice." - Booklist

"...evocative second novel...poetic language..." - Historical Novel Society