The Tuscan Child

A 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 thirty 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 Free Download The Tuscan Child [ by ] Rhys Bowen [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr Sometimes you make choices in life and sometimes choices make you Gayle Forman Hugo Langley, an RAF pilot, finds himself behind the controls on a bombing mission near the northern hills above Lucca, Italy December of 1944 brings no choices, only commands from the powers that be The Germans have taken over the area and Langley and his crew are in a destiny to stop them Once airborne, Hugo and his co pilot have been hit by enemy fire Too late for the co pilot, but Langley parachutes and mi Sometimes you make choices in life and s...Barely 3 stars I had enjoyed In Farleigh Field, so I was pleased to get an advance copy of this novel Bowen is again covering the time period of WWII The book is told in two parts, Hugo Langley s escape after his plane goes down over Tuscany in 1944 and his daughter Joanna s return to their home after his death in 1973 and subsequent trip to Italy This book starts off slowly I wasn t immediately invested in Joanna s story For starters, I had trouble identifying the era The only time the 7 Barely 3 stars I had enjoyed In Farleigh Field, so I was pleased to get an advance copy of this novel Bowen is again covering the time period of WWII The book is told in two parts, Hugo Langley s escape after his plane goes down over Tuscany in 1944 and his daughter Joanna s return to their home after his death in 1973 and subsequent trip to Italy This book starts off slowly I wasn t immediately invested in Joanna s story For starters, I had trouble identifying the era The only time the 70s came through was when Joanna was explaining why she was a solicitor rather than a barrister It took me right back to my own story, back when I was starting off in banking and told I couldn t enter commercial lending In both cases what we lacked was down below not up above Luckily, Bowen does a much better job placing you in Tuscany than in time Her descriptions took me right back there And don t read this while hun...5 Stars Wonderful When Joanna Langley s father Hugh passes away in 1973 she returns home to arrange his funeral and sort out his possessions Among his things she finds a small box and within it a letter addressed to an Italian woman named Sofia Joanna wasn t close to her father, a rather cold and withdrawn man who became evendistant after the death of Joanna s mo...I chose to read this because I enjoy Rhys Bowen s Her Royal Spyness series so much This was a very different kettle of fish being set half in World War 2 and half in 1970 s England and Tuscany A big problem for any book when the author has chosen to write alternately in different time periods is if the two are not perfectly balanced in interest for the reader In The Tuscan Child I was muchi...3.5 stars rounded up.In December, 1944, Hugo Langley is a young British pilot who is forced to parachute from his burning plane over Italy Hugo has received a leg wound and is sure he will soon die until a young Tuscan woman comes to his aid Nearly thirty years later, his daughter Joanna is sorting through his papers after his death when she discovers an old sealed letter addressed to an Italian woman named Sofia A letter that is marked Not known at this address Return to Sender It is a 3.5 stars rounded up.In December, 1944, Hugo Langley is a young British pilot who is forced to parachute from his burning plane over Italy Hugo has received a leg wound and is sure he will soon die until a young Tuscan woman comes to his aid Nearly thirty years later, his daughter Joanna is sorting through his papers after his death when she discovers an old sealed letter addressed to an Italian woman named Sofia A letter that is marked Not known at this address Return to Sender It is a love letter in which Hugo says I want you to know that our beautiful boy is safe He is hidden where only you can find him Joanna is stunned did her father have a child with an Italian woman during the war If so, was that child ever returned safely to his mother Since her own life is currently in...When Joanna Langley is cleaning out the house of her father after his unexpected death in the English countryside, she comes acrosss a sealed letter Having beeen stranged for a few years, Joanna realizes how little she knew about him and his past as an English airman in the RAF The letter is adressedd to Sofia Bertoli and in it there is information that unsettles her Not being able to contain her desire to know, Joanna takes off to the village of San Salvatore, the address on the envelope In When Joanna Langley is cleaning out the house of her father after his unexpected death in the English countryside, she comes acrosss a sealed letter Having beeen stranged for a few years, Joanna realizes how little she ...Netgalley 25Many thanks go to Rhys Bowen, Lake Union, and Netgalley for the free copy of this book in exchange for my unbiased review.Joanna Langley loses her father, but gains a legacy that takes her to the Tuscan region of Italy to discover the past The book flips between the 70s and the 40s Joanna s time and her father, Hugo s, time The story revolves around a mystery woman named Sofia and a beautiful boy I m afraid to mention anything else without giving the plot away I saw the den Netgalley 25Many thanks go to Rhys Bowen, Lake Union, and Netgalley for the free copy of this book in exchange for my unbiased review.Joanna Langley loses her father, but gains a legacy that takes her to the Tuscan region of Italy to discover the past The book flips between the 70s and the 40s Joanna s time and her father, Hugo s, t...I am a big fan of Rhys Bowen for the Royal Spyness series But I found this book to be cheesy and cliched There were times when I rolled my eyes at some of characters and typical storylines It seemed like the book dragged on for a long time right about until the last 2 or 3 hours, when things miraculously fell into place without much explanation as to how such things fell into place It also seemed too quick for Hugo and Sofia to fall in love There wasn t much explanation just seemed li I am a big fan of Rhys Bowen for the Royal Spyness series But I found this book to be cheesy and cliched There were times when I rolled my eyes at some of characters and typical storylines It seemed like th...In the Tuscan Child Rhys Bowen has written a novel with a dual time line One part is set in Tuscany during World War 11 time, where Hugo an English pilot is forced to eject from his damaged plane Badly injured he is helped by Sofia a local young woman She hides him in bombed monastery and carries food to him when she can.As well we meet Joanna Hugo s daughter, in 1973 returning home to Langley Hall on the sudden death of her father She finds some items amongst his things that lead her In the Tuscan Child Rhys Bowen has written a novel with a ...Historical novels usually have to be very good in order to capture and hold my attention, and this one fit the bill In this story, we travel with Joanna Langley from Surrey, England in the early 1970s into the lush, rolling hills of Tuscany and the little village of San Salvatore as she searches for clues about her recently deceased father s past Along the way, we are also treated to her father s story of survival and romance at the end of German occupation of Italy during WWII.The story was w Historical novels usually have to be very good in order to capture and hold my attention, and this one fit the bill In this story, we travel with Joanna Langley from Surrey, England in the early 1970s into the lush, rolling hills of Tuscany and the little village of San Salvatore as she searches for clues about her recently deceased father s past Along the way, we are also treated to her father s story of survival and romance at the end of German occupation of Italy during WWII.The story was well written and compelling The dual timelines were not distracting, but instead lent evendrama and build up to the story as a whole Both perspectives were 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• English
• 20 November 2017
Rhys Bowen
• Hardcover
• 336 pages
• 1503951820
• Rhys Bowen
• The Tuscan Child