Last Letter Home: The Richard and Judy Book Club pick 2018

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From the million-copySunday Timesbestsellercomes a timeless love story, lost in letters of the past . . .

THE RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK 2018

Can a chance encounter unlock one woman's past

On holiday in Italy,Briony Woodbecomes fascinated by the wartime story of a ruined villa hidden amongst the hills of Naples. Not only is it the very place where her grandfather was stationed as a soldier in 1943, but she also discovers that it harbours the secret of a love long lost.

Handed a bundle of tattered letters found buried at the villa, Briony becomes enraptured by the blossoming love story between Sarah Bailey, an English woman, and Paul Hartmann, a young German. The letters lead her back almost seventy years to pre-war Norfolk.

But asBriony delves into Sarah and Pauls story, she encounters resentments and secrets still tightly guarded. All too quickly it is clear that what happened long ago under theshadow of Vesuvius, she suspects, still has the power to cause terrible pain . . .

Praise for Rachel Hore's novels:
'Compelling, engrossing and moving'SANTA MONTEFIORE
'Simply stunning . . . I savoured every moment DINAH JEFFERIES
'A story that stirs the deepest emotions'WOMAN & HOME
An emotive and thought-provoking readROSANNA LEY
Hore tackles difficult subjects with a clever, light touch and a sunny positivity. Her women are brave and good and you desperately want them to winDAILY MAIL
A novel thatstirs the deepest emotionsWOMAN
An elegiac tale of wartime love and secretsTELEGRAPH
A tender and thoughtful tale'SUNDAY MIRROR

Author Bio

Rachel Horeworked in London publishing for many years before moving with her family to Norwich, where she taught publishing and creative writing at the University of East Anglia until deciding to become a full-time writer.She is theSunday Times(London) bestselling author of ten novels, includingThe Love Child. She is married to the writer D.J. Taylor and they have three sons. Visit her atRachelHore.co.ukand connect with her on Twitter@RachelHore.