Round two of the bookish love fest today, and we've another Rachel's Random Resources tour! This time we're going Historical, but Fiction as opposed to Romance. Ready to discover more between the epages? Let's go...
The Girl from Venice
by
Siobhan Daiko
About the book...
1943
Lidia De Angelis has kept a low profile since Mussolini’s laws wrenched her from her childhood sweetheart. But when the Germans occupy Venice, she must flee the city to save her life.
Lidia joins the partisans in the Venetian mountains, where she meets David, an English soldier fighting for the same cause. As she grows closer to him, harsh German reprisals and Lidia’s own ardent patriotic activities threaten to tear them apart.
Decades later
While sorting through her grandmother’s belongings after her death, Charlotte discovers a Jewish prayer book, unopened letters written in Italian, and a fading photograph of a group of young people in front of the Doge’s Palace.
Intrigued by her grandmother’s refusal to talk about her life in Italy before and during the war, Charlotte travels to Venice in search of her roots, There, she learns not only the devastating truth about her grandmother’s past, but also some surprising truths about herself.
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I'm definitely a Historical Fiction fan, and while this one isn't a romance, there are romantic elements anyway... after all, what's life without a little love, even in the midst of war? This story definitely has its darker aspects, mostly contained within the past as Charlotte uncovers her grandmother’s past, and just why she's always been so reluctant to talk about it. As she digs deeper, secrets are revealed, long held, but not forgotten, that eventually lead to revelations that are more immediate to her own person, and the one she is becoming because you can't be touched by moments like these without being affected.
The same can be said for readers of the story shared. You can't walk away from a story like this without taking some of it with you. Whether you connect on a personal level, or just as deeply as a reader, the emotional aspects of the story were written to draw you in and never let go. The hard times and good, sadness and happiness, moments of love and those of intense brokenness, you're invited in to feel through it all, and come out the other side a better person for having taken the journey.
A great pick for Historical Fiction fans that aren't afraid to embrace a story with both heart and mind.
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About the author...
Siobhan Daiko writes powerful and sweeping historical fiction set in Italy during the second World War, with strong women at its heart. She now lives near Venice, having been a teacher in Wales for many years.
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Special thanks to Rachel at Rachel's Random Resources for the chance to bring this tour to you., and for the ecopy for review. (THANKS!) For more information on this title, the author, this promotion, or those on the horizon, feel free to click through the links provided above. This title is available now, so click on over to your favorite online retailer to snag your copy today and be sure to check out the rest of the tour for more bookish fun!
Until next time, remember...if it looks good, READ IT!
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