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The Tuscan Child

By: Rhys Bowen
Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble, Katy Sobey
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From New York Times best-selling author Rhys Bowen comes a haunting novel about a woman who braves her father's hidden past to discover his secrets....

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 30 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....

Cover design by Shasti O'Leary Soudant

©2018 Janet Quin-Harkin (Writing as Rhys Bowen) (P)2018 Audible, Inc. 20th Century Cosy Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Mystery Women's Fiction Aviation Feel-Good Italy
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Jonathan Keeble has a lovely voice, until he tries to speak as a female. Then he sounds like Mrs Doubtfire from the movie of the same name. Consequently I couldn’t become invested in those characters. Other than that it was a typical Rhys Bowen novel.

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This murder mystery flies back between a father's memory and a daughter's real time, although they seem to the in well and you don't get confused. It is lovely the way the to love stories between her father and his mother are taken up again by their children. Read brilliantly by Mary Sobey and Jonathan Keeble.

The Tuscan Child

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An audiobook that you want to listen to right to the finish
the only thing that was maybe overdone was the Italian food recipes and constant references to how they were eating
which I think took up chapters in the book
that wasn't required

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A well read, charming story, easy happy listening. with enough mystery to keep you engaged.

Enjoyable

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Enjoyed this story, being able to switch between reading and listening whilst walking was fantastic.

Feel good ending

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