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Lila Cunningham, motherless since babyhood, was almost twenty-one when her familiar life in a small town on the Suffolk coast came abruptly to an end. It was 1938, and she learned with a shock that her endearing but feckless artist father faced financial disaster. With the loss of their home imminent, they had no option but to exxept an offer of a house in Malta, and on that hot and exotic island, in the magnificent but crumbling Villa Zonda, Lila at last glimpsed the kind of life of which she had always dreamed.
But war was looming, and Malta became the focus of Hitler's attention while Lila became the focus of attention of three very different young men. As bombing devastated the island Lila, along with the other inhabitants, learned to live with privation and fear, and also to discover which dreams are really worth pursuing.
In this enchanting new novel Caroline Harvey captures all the warmth and romance of Malta as well as its dramatic sufferings during the Second World War.
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But war was looming, and Malta became the focus of Hitler's attention while Lila became the focus of attention of three very different young men. As bombing devastated the island Lila, along with the other inhabitants, learned to live with privation and fear, and also to discover which dreams are really worth pursuing.
In this enchanting new novel Caroline Harvey captures all the warmth and romance of Malta as well as its dramatic sufferings during the Second World War.
From the Paperback edition.
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A descendant of Anthony Trollope and a #1 bestselling author in England, Joanna Trollope is most recently the author of Other People's Children (Viking) and The Best of Friends (Berkley). Her novels The Choir and The Rector's Wife were both adapted for Masterpiece Theatre. She lives in Gloucestershire, England. This is the first Caroline Harvey novel that Viking has published.
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Joanna Trollope is critically acclaimed on both sides of the Atlantic for her crisply sympathetic novels about English life. In this novel, written under the pen name Caroline Harvey, she shifts into a romantic genre with a passionate novel of a young woman coming to terms with life, love, and loss on the island of Malta during WWII. No matter that the story often slips into predictability; narrator Virgina Leishman excels. Her fine, textured reading turns an enjoyable, yet predictable, novel into a wonderful listening experience. Her intelligent use of inflection and shaded changes of tone keep the listener involved and committed to the characters. Even guessing how the story would be resolved did not stop this listener from being engrossed by the narrator's version of this romantic tale. Leishman is a captivating talent. A.C.S. © AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine
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- PublisherCorgi
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0385408900
- ISBN 13 9780385408905
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages352
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st UK Edition. Lila Cunningham, motherless since babyhood, was almost twenty-one when her familiar life in a small town on the Suffolk coast came abruptly to an end. It was 1938, and she learned with a shock that her endearing but feckless artist father faced financial disaster. With the loss of their home imminent, they had no option but to except an offer of a house in Malta, and on that hot and exotic island, in the magnificent but crumbling Villa Zonda, Lila at last glimpsed the kind of life of which she had always dreamed.But war was looming, and Malta became the focus of Hitler's attention while Lila became the focus of attention of three very different young men. As bombing devastated the island Lila, along with the other inhabitants, learned to live with privation and fear, and also to discover which dreams are really worth pursuing. During World War II Lila. working as a nurse, awaits the return of her love, a British soldier of noble birth. But will he marry a woman below his rank? Meanwhile, a native Maltese teacher pines for her.313p.maps on endpapers, Paper mildly age-toned, else fine. Seller Inventory # 37571
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Book Description Blue Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Murray Zanoni (cover) (illustrator). First Edition Thus. Story is set in W W II Malta and follows the wartime experiences of Lila Cunnigham. 313 pp. Book has blue cloth covered boards, map ep's ( front-Malta, rear-Grand Harbour), as-new gilt text on spine. Spine ends are very lightly rubbed, ding on bottom rear edge. Unclipped (£ 15.99/Can $32.95) DJ has light edge wear. Bookseller's Inventory # 154521. Seller Inventory # 004521
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