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When Australian journalist Rebecca Quinn’s husband Jack announced he was leaving – in an hour no less – to sail with the smugglers while chasing a good story, she was shocked. She had arrived in Italy with Jack as a war correspondent, supplying letters to newspapers in Britain and Australia – she certainly hadn’t expected to be left alone in a city where she knew no one and hardly spoke the language. But Rebecca was a strong and independent young woman – she wasn’t prepared to head back to Austr
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This is a moving story, a story of courage and strength the story of an Australian female journalist who arrives in Italy during World War 1 with her journalist husband and takes on the men and makes a mark in the world for herself and for females it shows how love can grow to such strength during times of intrigue and espionage of rations and hurt and heartbreak.
When journalist Rebecca Quinn is left alone in an Italian village while her husband is off chasing a story she now sees her chance to ...more
When journalist Rebecca Quinn is left alone in an Italian village while her husband is off chasing a story she now sees her chance to ...more
A passionate and poignant love story set on the beautiful Italian coast by the bestselling author of The Soldier's Wife and The War Bride. Pamela Hart has been making a name for herself by writing vivid, compelling and gorgeously romantic historical fiction novels about the lives of Australian women during the First World War. Her first two – The Soldier’s Wife and The War Bride – were set in Sydney during and just after the war years. Her latest, however, is set in Italy, and was inspired by th
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Read this while I was on holidays and really enjoyed it! Will definitely be looking to reading more from this author.
Nov 13, 2018
Joanie
marked it as to-read
Oct 29, 2020
Lucinda
marked it as to-read
