When I picked up this book at the local library, I was looking for something different. I have long enjoyed mystery and twists and turns in tales and this novel has it all.
Set in the time that fascists controlled (or tried to control) the minds and activities of all the people of Italy, it takes us on a journey of discovery and intrigue, finally revealing truths that seemed too difficult for a afther to reveal to his daughter.
It creates hatred for the abbhorent inhumane acts of these people who will stop at nothing to get their way. But there is a silver lining throughout the tale and the readers has enough knowledge of the possibilities to hope for a favourable resolution.
Kate Furnival has researched the history and geography of the area of Italy that was once a marsh full of deadly mosquito based diseases for its populations. One thing she has uncovered is that the mammoth scale of the construction was definitely beneficial, although after the destruction during the
German "occupation" of Italy and the Allies subsequent defeat of the fascist regimes, it was totally destroyed. Fortunately repair has once again made this area a beautifu place to live.
The research is evident in the way Kate paints the word pictures and leads on to experience doubt, betrayal, hope, faith and trust htrough the human lives we meet on our journey.
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