Emilio and Rosa are childhood sweethearts, engaged to be married.
But it is 1942 and the war has taken Emilio far from Italy, to a
tiny Orkney island where he is a POW. Rosa must wait for him to
return and help her mother run the family hotel on the shores of
Lake Como, in Italy. Feeling increasingly frustrated with his
situation, Emilio is inspired by the idea of building a chapel on
the barren island. The prisoners band together to create an
extraordinary building out of little more than salvaged odds and
ends and homemade paints. Whilst Emilio's chapel will remain long
after the POW camp has been left to the sheep, will his love for
Rosa survive the hardships of war and separation? For Rosa is no
longer the girl that he left behind. She is being drawn further
into the Italian resistance movement and closer to danger, as
friendships and allegiances are ever complicated by the war. Human
perseverance and resilience are at the heart of this strong debut
and the small Italian chapel remains, as it does in reality on the
island of Lamb's Holm, as a symbol of these qualities.
General
| Imprint: |
John Murray Publishers Ltd
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
February 2010 |
| Authors: |
Kirsten McKenzie
|
| Dimensions: |
180 x 113 x 26mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Mass Market
|
| Pages: |
400 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-84854-356-0 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
| LSN: |
1-84854-356-5 |
| Barcode: |
9781848543560 |
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