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Patricia Wilson
Villa of Secrets
Escape to paradise with this perfect holiday read!
2018. 480 p. 7.795276 in
Verlag/Jahr: BONNIER ZAFFRE UK; ZAFFRE 2018
ISBN: 1-78576-439-X (178576439X)
Neue ISBN: 978-1-78576-439-4 (9781785764394)
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A thrilling, dramatic and completely engaging tale of love, hope, intrigue and revenge on the island of Rhodes during the Nazi occupation. From the 130k copy-selling author of debut Island of Secrets
If you love The Island and Cartes Postales from Greece by Victoria Hislop , you will love this perfect summer read from the author of Island of Secrets .
Rebecca Neumanner´s marriage is on the brink of collapse, as her desire to be a mother becomes an obsession. Then she receives news from her estranged family in Rhodes.
Called back to the beautiful Greek island of her birth, she realises how little she knows of the grandmother she has eluded for over a decade. Bubba has never spoken of the Nazi occupation during her youth, but there have always been whispers. What desperate measures did she take that terrible day in 1944 when her family was ripped apart? Can the rumour she had blood on her own hands really be true? But Bubba intends to take her secrets to the grave.
However, as Rebecca arrives on Rhodes, bringing the promise of new life, this broken family must come together. The time has come to tell the truth about the darkest of days . . .
What readers said about Island of Secrets :
´ Island of Secrets is a book full of raw emotions, family vendettas, hidden secrets and three very strong women. It´s a book I enjoyed very much and one which fans of Victoria Hislop and Debbie Rix are sure to enjoy´ (NetGalley Reviewer)
´So well written and utterly heartbreaking . . . a story that needs to be told´ (NetGalley Reviewer)
´Page-turning, enthralling and heartbreaking by turns´
´Made me laugh and cry, just couldn´t put this book down´
Day by day the story unfolds, and as it intertwines with Angelika´s wedding preparations, the secrets are revealed, feuds revisited and three generations of women reunited. People´s Friend
Patricia was born in Liverpool and now lives in the village of Paradissi in Rhodes, where the book is set. She was first inspired to write when she unearthed a machine gun in her garden - one used in the events that unfolded during World War II on the island.