Broken Faces - Softcover

Carr, Deborah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0992786576 ISBN 13: 9780992786571

Publisher: Green Shutter Books Limited, 2016

Synopsis

It’s 1914 and Lady Alexandra Baldwyn is stifled by her claustrophobic life of privilege at Somerton Hall. Desperate to be more than a debutante, she strives for excitement like her brother Charles and his best friend, Freddie Chevalier. She pleads with her parents to let her become a nurse in France, but when her father refuses to sign the papers allowing her to leave the country she must be content with driving ambulances in London and delivering the occasional supply lorry along the south coast. What she has yet to learn is that there is little glory in war. Freddie Chevalier is secretly in love with his best-friend’s fiancée, Meri. When Meri discovers that Charles has been unfaithful to her, she visits Freddie’s home in Jersey. The two become close and promise to keep what has happened between them a secret. It’s only when the two men are fighting for survival in the trenches of Northern France that Charles discovers their betrayal. Spanning the 1914-18 war Broken Faces is about four friends, their fight for survival and how love can triumph over adversity in the most unexpected way. Praise for Deborah Carr's Broken Faces One to Watch. GOOD HOUSEKEEPING MAGAZINE Spent most of my weekend quite mesmerized by this lovely book. Top 500 Reviewer Vine Voice Fans of Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society will enjoy. Bookmad A spectacularly powerful book. Brook Cottage Books

About this title

About the Author

Deborah Carr recently signed with HarperCollins' romance imprint HarperImpulse to write The Poppy Field to commemorate the centenary of the end of the First World War. She lives on the island of Jersey in the Channel Islands with her husband and three rescue dogs. Deborah became interested in books set during the First World War when researching her great-grandfather's time as a cavalryman in the 17th 21st Lancers. Broken Faces is her debut historical novel. She was described as, One to Watch by Good Housekeeping Magazine and a runner-up in their Novel Writing Competition with Broken Faces. The book was also awarded a 'special commendation' in the Harry Bowling Prize.

Edition details

• Publisher: Green Shutter Books Limited
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0992786576
• ISBN 13: 9780992786571
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 486