01788cam a2200301 i 4500 559409744 TxAuBib 20220526120000.0 180418s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781503951815 1503951812 TxAuBib rda Bowen, Rhys. The Tuscan Child / Rhys Bowen. Seattle : Lake Union Publishing, [2018] 336 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier In 1944, British bomber pilot Hugo Langley parachuted from his stricken plane into the verdant fields of German-occupied Tuscany. Badly wounded, he found refuge in a ruined monastery and in the arms of Sofia Bartoli. But the love that kindled between them was shaken by an irreversible betrayal. Nearly thirty years later, Hugo’s estranged daughter, Joanna, has returned home to the English countryside to arrange her father’s funeral. Among his personal effects is an unopened letter addressed to Sofia. In it is a startling revelation. Still dealing with the emotional wounds of her own personal trauma, Joanna embarks on a healing journey to Tuscany to understand her father’s history—and maybe come to understand herself as well. Joanna soon discovers that some would prefer the past be left undisturbed, but she has come too far to let go of her father’s secrets now…. 20220526. World War, 1939-1945 Italy Tuscany Fiction. Fathers and daughters Fiction. Family Secrets Fiction. Family life Fiction. Tuscany (Italy) Fiction. Historical fiction.