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From New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Rhys Bowen comes a haunting novel about a woman who braves her father’s hidden past to discover his secrets…

“Pass the bread, the olives, and the wine. Oh, and a copy of The Tuscan Child to savor with them.” —NPR

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…

Vineyards, olive trees, war and mystery Beautifully written. Having lived in Italy half a century ago the land and the culture as portrayed in this story brought back wonderful memories. I loved the way the author intertwined the two generational stories. All without sex or bad language.Tuscany and The English Countryside..a Mouthwatering Historical Mystery Sometimes I must post my review the minute I have closed the book on the last page. The Tuscan Child by Rhys Bowen is one of those gems. I have several books by Ms Bowen sitting on my bookshelves that have not been read as yet, my bad.The Tuscan Child flips between two different eras throughout the novel. Starting with Hugo Langley, a son of the aristocracy, a husband and father brought down with his mates in the late part of WW2 in the mountain region of Tuscany, the only one to survive the wreck with a bad leg as a result. The second character we meet in the early 70's, his daughter, Joanna who must deal with the remnants of her recent loss of her estranged father Hugh who was 'existing' in a portion of the Family Estate in the English Countryside, the Lodge which was lent to him when he became heir to the estate but unable to pay inheritance taxes to the Crown(which many families have found various ways of dealing with).He was forced to sell the estate to a local private school. Joanna going through his belongings finds a returned letter to a Sophia in Tuscany which upon reading , piques her interest in their relationship and refers to a 'golden child'. Having inventoried the remaining family possessions, including several paintings, Joanna decides to put off her exams to be eligible for the bar , leave said possessions with her barrister(Nigel Barton), and takes off to unravel the mystery of her father's time spent during the war, and what happened to the Sophia, and her child or children.All of the parallel life histories tell us much about these two, and all the characters that they weave into their stories. So we learn more initially than they do, but not all except they are somehow all connected, the good, the bad, and the potentially nasty or are they ?Let me lead the reader to have the satisfaction to unravel all the mysteries, that befall Hugh, Sophia, Joanna and others ..This is where I take my leave with the most urging that if you want to disappear with an exceptional book, and follow the narrative..who am I to stop you...I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO SO!Good story I normally love everything Rhys writes, and will read her books in a single sitting, I absolutely LOVED in Farleigh Field, and all the Royal Spyness, Molly Murphy, and Evan. This is a good and interesting story, but seemed poorly written and was easy to put down. I was disappointed as I had really been looking forward to the release. I just didn’t like the writing style this time, it seemed the dialogue was simplistic, and not well written, as if trying to speak and write from a foreign language perspective, which to me, was unnecessary and made it difficult to enjoy. It was hard to get into at the beginning...I didn’t feel much about either Joanna or Hugo, and their non relationship. Joanna appeared annoying, even in everyday little things, and it was hard for me to like her. Pity her, sure, a bit...but otherwise, other characters were far more appealing.