Description
This sweeping historical novel from a bestselling author follows the lives of two generations of women, the secrets they keep, their sacrifices for love, and the heartbreaking betrayals they encounter.
Il Mulino — an old, crumbling mill by a winding river nestled in the Tuscan mountains — is an empty home that holds memories of homemade pasta, Nonna’s stories by the fire, the Nazi invasion, and a family torn apart by betrayal.
Anna is distraught when her beloved mother, Ines, dies. She inherits a box of papers, handwritten in Italian and yellowed with age, and a tantalizing promise that the truth about what happened during the war lies within. The diaries lead Anna to the small village of Rofelle, where she slowly starts to heal as she explores sun-kissed olive groves and pieces together her mother’s memories of happy days spent herding sheep across Tuscan meadows, cruelly interrupted when World War II erupted and the Nazis arrived. Her mother fled her home to join the Resistenza and risked everything to protect an injured British soldier who captured her heart. But Anna is no closer to learning the truth... What sent Ines running from her adored homeland?
When she meets an elderly Italian gentleman living in a deserted hamlet who flinches at her mother’s name and refuses to speak English, Anna is sure he knows more about the devastating secret that tore her mother’s family apart. But in this small Tuscan community, some wartime secrets were never meant to be uncovered...
Perfect for fans of Kelly Rimmer and Natasha Lester.