**A Paperback Original** In the tradition of Jennifer Robson and Hazel Gaynor, this unforgettable debut novel is a sweeping tale of forbidden love, profound loss, and the startling truth of the broken families left behind in the wake of World War I. 1921\. Survivors of the Great War are desperate
The Poppy Wife (aka The Photographer of the Lost): A Novel of the Great War: novel
โ Scribed by Caroline Scott
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 255 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0062955322
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โฆ Synopsis
A Paperback Original
In the tradition of Jennifer Robson and Hazel Gaynor, this unforgettable debut novel is a sweeping tale of forbidden love, profound loss, and the startling truth of the broken families left behind in the wake of World War I.
1921. Survivors of the Great War are desperately trying to piece together the fragments of their broken lives. While many have been reunited with their loved ones, Edie's husband Francis is still missing. Francis is presumed to have been killed in action, but Edie knows he is alive.
Harry, Francis's brother, was there the day Francis went missing in Ypres. And like Edie, he's hopeful Francis is living somewhere in France, lost and confused. Hired by grieving families in need of closure, Harry returns to the Western Front to photograph soldiers' graves. As he travels through France gathering news for British wives and mothers, he searches for evidence his own brother is still alive.
When Edie...
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