The Tuscan Child

A novel full of love and longing, by Rhys Bowen about a woman who defies her father's hidden past during World War II in an attempt to uncover it.
The author's works have topped the bestseller lists of "The New York Times" and "The Wall Street Journal".
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- (NPR)
British bomber pilot Hugo Langley parachuted into the green fields of German-occupied Tuscany. After his plane was hit, he was severely wounded, but he found shelter in a ruined monastery, where he was found by Sofia Bartoli while she was searching for forest mushrooms and food.
They fell in love, but this ardent love between them was shaken by an unforgivable betrayal.
Joanna, Hugo's estranged daughter, returns to her home in the British countryside thirty years later to organize her father's funeral. Among his personal belongings, she found a sealed letter addressed to Sofia Bartoli. The letter was a stunning revelation.
Joanna, still suffering from emotional wounds, embarked on a therapeutic journey to Tuscany in an attempt to understand her father's history - and perhaps to understand herself as well. Joanna discovered that some prefer to keep the past hidden, but she had come too far to turn back.