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The Metal Heart: The beautiful and atmospheric story of freedom and love that will grip your heart de Caroline Lea

The Metal Heart: The beautiful and atmospheric story of freedom and love that will grip your heart

Autor Caroline Lea
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 10 noi 2021
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The sky is clear, star-stamped and silvered by the waxing gibbous moon.

No planes have flown over the islands tonight; no bombs have fallen for over a year.
___________

Orkney, 1940.Five hundred Italian prisoners-of-war arrive to fortify these remote and windswept islands. Resentful islanders are fearful of the enemy in their midst, but not orphaned twin sisters Dorothy and Constance. Already outcasts, they volunteer to nurse all prisoners who are injured or fall sick.

Soon Dorothy befriends Cesare, an artist swept up by the machine of war and almost broken by the horrors he has witnessed. She is entranced by his plan to build an Italian chapel from war scrap and sea debris, and something beautiful begins to blossom.

But Con, scarred from a betrayal in her past, is afraid for her sister; she knows that people are not always what they seem.

Soon, trust frays between the islanders and outsiders, and between the sisters - their hearts torn by rival claims of duty and desire. A storm is coming...

In the tradition ofCaptain Corelli's Mandolin,The Metal Heartis a hauntingly rich Second World War love story about courage, brutality, freedom and beauty and the essence of what makes us human during the darkest of times.
___________

Praise for Caroline Lea:

'Enthralling'Stacey Halls, author ofThe FamiliarsandThe Foundling

'Fantastic'The Times

'Memorable and compelling'Sarah Moss, author of The Times Book of the YearGhost Wall

'Intensely written and atmospheric'Daily Mail

'Gripped me in a cold fist. Beautiful'Sara Collins, author ofThe Confessions of Frannie Langton

'Brilliant'Daily Express
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781405944359
ISBN-10: 1405944358
Pagini: 464
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.29 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Caroline Lea grew up on the island of Jersey and gained a First from Warwick University. Her fiction and poetry have been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize. Her debut novel, The Glass Woman, a gothic thriller set during the Icelandic witch trials, was shortlisted for the HWA Debut Crown Award. Her next novel, The Metal Heart, was a powerful Second World War love story set on the island of Orkney.

Recenzii

A chilling tale
A powerful Second World War love story. As tensions grow between the Italian PoWs and the Orkney men, the scene is set for a dramatic reckoning. Lea writes beautifully of island life and love, and the sacrifices that both demand
Atmospheric, heart-wrenching, evocative - this is a gorgeously written story about the scars we carry with us, and how they can be overcome
Uses the true story of the building of the chapel on Orkney by Italian prisoners during the Second World Warto fashiona fast-moving and very touching story of sisterly devotion and passionate love
Confirms Lea as a highly original and inventive writer
A story of innocents caught up in the machinery of war.Exquisitely researched, beautifully told, this tiny corner of Scotland came alive
Myth, legend, fear and superstition all play a part in this intensely atmospheric novel
A beautiful, heart-breaking tale of grief, love and the bond between sisters. I read it in a day, desperate to know what would happen
Lea deftly taps into an age-old theme: suspicion and mistrust of outsiders. Woven throughoutThe Metal Heartis the potent reminder that there are always innocents caught up in the cruel, unforgiving machinery of war
A stunning World War Two novel, unlike any other
The remoteness of the Orkney islands intensifies the hopes and fears of war.The Metal Heartis a story of passion and separation in which the isolation of twin sisters within a tight-knit community threatens tragedy. A deeply atmospheric novel of hope and redemption.
Draws you into a wild landscape through an exquisitely told love story
Superbly plotted . . . a story that comes together convincingly, complete with a wonderful double-twist in its final pages
A mesmerising and atmospheric read
Praise for THE GLASS WOMAN
A fantastic, atmospheric debut
Memorable and compelling.A novel about what haunts us - and what should
An enthralling tale
Intensely written and atmospheric, with an unusual setting, this is a stark evocation of a community where fear of the outsider is rife and unsettling
Aperfect,gripping winter read.I loved it
Utterly unputdownable. Rich in superstition and mystery, it pulled me in.An incredible novel
A chilling tale

Descriere

The sky is clear, star-stamped and silvered by the waxing gibbous moon.

No planes have flown over the islands tonight; no bombs have fallen for over a year.
___________

Orkney, 1940. Five hundred Italian prisoners-of-war arrive to fortify these remote and windswept islands. Resentful islanders are fearful of the enemy in their midst, but not orphaned twin sisters Dorothy and Constance. Already outcasts, they volunteer to nurse all prisoners who are injured or fall sick.

Soon Dorothy befriends Cesare, an artist swept up by the machine of war and almost broken by the horrors he has witnessed. She is entranced by his plan to build an Italian chapel from war scrap and sea debris, and something beautiful begins to blossom.

But Con, scarred from a betrayal in her past, is afraid for her sister; she knows that people are not always what they seem.

Soon, trust frays between the islanders and outsiders, and between the sisters - their hearts torn by rival claims of duty and desire. A storm is coming...

In the tradition of Captain Corelli's Mandolin, The Metal Heart is a hauntingly rich Second World War love story about courage, brutality, freedom and beauty and the essence of what makes us human during the darkest of times.
___________

Praise for Caroline Lea:

'Enthralling' Stacey Halls, author of The Familiars and The Foundling

'Fantastic' The Times

'Memorable and compelling' Sarah Moss, author of The Times Book of the Year Ghost Wall

'Intensely written and atmospheric' Daily Mail

'Gripped me in a cold fist. Beautiful' Sara Collins, author of The Confessions of Frannie Langton

'Brilliant' Daily Express