The Tuscan Secret by Angela Petch Paperback Book 9781786819598

Il Mulino An old crumbling mill by a winding river nestled in the Tuscan mountains An empty home that holds memories of homemade pasta and Nonnaamprsquos stories by the fire and later the Nazi invasion and a family torn apart by a heartbreaking betrayal Annaampnbspis distraught when her beloved motherampnbspInes passes away She inherits a box of papers handwritten in Italian and yellowed with age and a tantalising promise that the truth about what happened during the war lies within The diaries lead Anna to the small village of Rofelle where she slowly starts to heal as she explores sunkissed olive groves and pieces together her motheramprsquos past happy days spent herding sheep across Tuscan meadows cruelly interrupted when World War Two erupted and the Nazis arrived fleeing her home to join theampnbspResistenza and risking everything to protect an injured British soldier who captured her heart But Anna is no closer to learning the truth what sent Ines running from her adored homeland When she meets an elderly Italian gentleman living in a deserted hamlet who flinches at her motheramprsquos name and refuses to speak English Anna is sure he knows more about the devastating...