‘A beautiful and emotional read about family secrets and lies. ‘A fantastic read, which I devoured… this is a book you are not going to be able to put down.’ The Book Blog, 5 stars ‘All I can say is wow, to the twists and turns I never expected’ Merrick Library, 5 stars ‘WOW! Could not put it down once I started… Highly recommend.’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars Perfect for anyone who loves Fiona Valpy, Lily Graham or The Letter by Kathryn Hughes.Įveryone is talking about The Lost Village: Her only hope is to win back the trust of the small community and find her grandmother’s little wooden box amongst the rubble of the village.īut will the surprise arrival of the husband she thought she’d lost help sew Luce’s family back together, or tear it apart for good? And will anything have prepared her for the devastating betrayal she finds hidden inside the box…?Īn unputdownable historical novel about the secrets we keep to protect the ones we love by the author of million-copy Amazon No 1. With a longing look at an ornate wooden box on her nightstand, her grandmother is just beginning to tell the heart-wrenching story of a little village ravaged by war, and why Luce’s mother swore never to return, when then the unthinkable happens: an earth-shattering disaster that shakes the little village of Bosconero to its core.įeeling more lost than ever before, Luce fears that the secrets of her past have been buried forever.
Inside the house, she’s relieved to find the grandmother she never knew living out her final days.
Discovering why her mother cut all contact with her family and the village she loved feels like Luce’s last hope at understanding who she is. Since her only child left home, and with her estranged husband more distant than ever, she’s been completely untethered. Luce Nardini searches the cobbled streets of a remote Italian village for a house with a faded blue door.
If they make even the slightest sound, the German soldiers will find them…ġ996. They hold their babies close as footsteps approach. Two sisters give birth to two little girls on the same night, huddled under blankets, deep in the black woods that surround the village of Bosconero.
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