In 1944 Tom Wainwright, a British soldier, arrives in the small Italian town of Petriano. He forges a friendship with the Parini family - and in particular with the eldest daughter, Giuliana. When the war ends he chooses to stay in Italy, planning to build a life with the woman he loves, but his hopes are dashed.
Fifty years later Isabel Wainwright, Tom's daughter, sets off for Petriano herself. Isabel's aim is to find her father, who walked out of her life nearly 20 years earlier. She doesn't even know whether her father is alive, but hopes that by discovering something of his past, she can build a picture of the man she hardly knew.
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"I can't understand why other readers have given this such bad ratings. It's a really lovely book about a daughter's search for her father in Italy, and what the war had to do with his disappearance. The writing is beautiful and the storylines are very cleverly interwoven. Highly recommended. " — Mary (5 out of 5 stars)
"I can't understand why other readers have given this such bad ratings. It's a really lovely book about a daughter's search for her father in Italy, and what the war had to do with his disappearance. The writing is beautiful and the storylines are very cleverly interwoven. Highly recommended. "
" I really enjoyed this book. It's a compelling story that made me want to sit up and read jsut one more chapter. It has all the atmosphere of Italy and a moving story. "
" what a great love story "
" I can't understand why other readers have given this such bad ratings. It's a really lovely book about a daughter's search for her father in Italy, and what the war had to do with his disappearance. The writing is beautiful and the storylines are very cleverly interwoven. Highly recommended. "
" I like fun romantic books. I also like a little taste of history with a dash of travel. This book has all of that. Pick it up! "
" the first 200 pages were slow, after that the book became much more interesting. "
" A pleasantly distracting, airplane-read type of book -- a historical romantic fiction that was well-written enough that I wanted to keep reading, but was basically forgotten once I closed the cover. "
Deborah Lawrenson grew up in Kuwait, China, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Singapore. She studied English at Cambridge University and has worked as a journalist for various publications in England, including the Daily Mail, the Mail on Sunday, and Woman’s Journal magazine. She lives in Kent, England, and she and her family spend as much time as possible at a crumbling hamlet in Provence, France, the setting for The Lantern.
Patience Tomlinson is an actress and Earphones Award–winning narrator. She has appeared extensively in theater and radio in the United Kingdom. She has worked for the Royal National Theatre and the Young Vic and was twice a member of the BBC Radio Drama Company. She has made over 1,500 broadcasts, including stories, books, radio plays, and poetry.
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