1944, Italy RAF nurse Maggie Jones and Captain Jim Howard meet and marry in wartime Rome. A blissful whirlwind romance settles into a workaday life back in post-war England. 1980, London Maggie and Jim's newly graduated daughter Vivien struggles in a dingy flat with her unplanned baby and distant difficult partner, wondering where her life is going. 2010 Surrey Granddaughter Sarah arrives in the Surrey countryside, planning an idyllic upbringing for her boys. Instead she finds herself deeply and illicitly attracted to Finn, a troubled local teenager. And then there is Flavia the Italian girl, who connects them all. Three generations united by family yet torn by a secret held tight for generations.

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About the Author
Louise Soraya Black has a British mother and Iranian father. She worked as a lawyer before publishing her debut novel, Pomegranate Sky, which won the inaugural Virginia Prize in 2009. She lives with her family in Surrey.

Reviews
'Beautifully written and very English in its landscape-love, family-love and garden-love' Fay Weldon. 'I was struck by the remarkably evocative atmosphere... intense yearning and guilty longings infused with a multi-layered past, that makes for a deeply seductive read' Ella Berthoud. 'Creating subtle drama and menace, sensuality and enchantment out of the ordinary... wonderful writing'. Patricia Wastvedt


Awards
Winner of Virginia Prize 2018.



Book Information
ISBN 9781739966041
Author Louise Soraya Black
Format Paperback
Page Count 324
Imprint Muswell Press
Publisher Muswell Press