The Tuscan Child

Rhys Bowen, best-selling author of The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, gives us a haunting novel about a woman who braves her father's hidden past to discover its secrets…

“Pass the bread, the olives and the wine. Oh, and a copy of The Tuscan Child to savor with them. "-NPR

In 1944, the British bomber pilot Hugo Langley was parachuted from his plane struck in the green fields of Tuscany occupied by the Germans. Gravely injured, he found refuge in a ruined monastery and in the arms of Sofia Bartoli. But the love that ignited between them was shaken by an irreversible betrayal.

Almost thirty years later, Hugo's distant daughter, Joanna, returned home to the English countryside to organize her father's funeral. Among his personal effects is an unopened letter addressed to Sofia. This is a surprising revelation.

Still struggling with the emotional wounds of her own personal trauma, Joanna embarks on a healing journey to Tuscany to understand her father's story and perhaps also to understand herself. Joanna soon discovers that some people would prefer the past not to be disturbed, but she has gone too far to let go of her father's secrets now…