My Review: I absolutely lost myself in this beautiful and sensitively written story of love, determination and strength. We follow Lidia during the second world war and Lottie in 2010.

We find ourselves in an incredible story from the then to the now. The horrors of war are wrapped up delicately. A womans sacrifice for the freedom of her future self and that of a family she doesn’t know yet, and that family later uncovering things they never imagined. I enjoyed the Italian phrases and I once went to school with an Alessandro, we called him Sandro, in the book the name is shortened to Alex. A book filled with friendships, discovery, strength and new beginnings.

The Girl from Venice

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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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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