Last Train From Liguria - Softcover

Hickey, Christine Dwyer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0753185970 ISBN 13: 9780753185971

Publisher: Isis Large Print, 2011

Synopsis

In 1933, Bella Stuart leaves a restricted life in London to head for Italy and become a tutor for the wealthy Lami family. Her pupil, Alec, is the "not quite right" child of a beautiful Jewish heiress and an elderly Italian aristocrat. When Alec's father dies, Signora Lami sends him to live at the family's summer residence in Bordighera, to be cared for by Bella and Maestro Edward, his reserved and enigmatic music teacher. These three misfits find unexpected solace in each other's company. As the decade draws to an end and fascism begins to take an ominous hold over Europe, Bella and Edward are eventually forced to flee Mussolini's Italy: to protect themselves and the little boy they have come to love.

About this title

About the Author:

Christine Dwyer Hickey is the author of Tatty, which was longlisted for the Orange Prize and shortlisted for the Hughes & Hughes Irish Novel of the Year. She was also a prize-winner in the Observer/Penguin short story competition.

Review:

"Mesmerizing . . . a haunting novel that will stay with you long after you've put it down."  —Library Journal, starred review

"Connections between the stories and characters are nimbly woven and had this reader rooting for an impossible outcome."  —Historical Novels Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Isis Large Print
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0753185970
• ISBN 13: 9780753185971
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 520