Description
| Author/Contributor(s): | Wurtele, Margaret |
| Publisher: | Berkley |
| Date: | 2/7/2012 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
In this stunning debut set in the summer of 1944 in Tuscany, GiovannaBellini, the daughter of a wealthy aristocrat and vineyard owner, has justturned seventeen and is on the cusp of adulthood. War bears down on herpeaceful little village after the Italians sign a separate peace with theAllies-transforming the Germans into an occupying army.
But when her brother joins the Resistance, he asks Giovanna to hide abadly wounded fighter who is Jewish. As she nurses him back to health, shefalls helplessly in love with the brave and humble Marco, who comes from asancient and noble an Italian family as she does. They pledge their love, andthen must fight a real battle against the Nazis who become more desperateand cruel as the Allies close in on them…
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