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Wait for Me: The captivating new novel from the Sunday Times bestseller
By (Author) Santa Montefiore
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Simon & Schuster Ltd
17th July 2024
11th April 2024
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Historical fiction
Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss
Narrative theme: Sense of place
Romance in uniform
Narrative theme: Love and relationships
823.92
Paperback
384
Width 130mm, Height 198mm, Spine 23mm
From the Sunday Timesbestselling author of An Italian Girl in Brooklyn comes a captivating new novel of enduring love and devastating secrets, sweeping across England during WWII to Australia five decades later, based on a true story.
Rupert promised he was going to come back. All Florence had to do was wait.
Cornwall, 1944
When Rupert Dash is declared missing, presumed dead during the Battle of Arnhem, his wife, Florence, is devastated. She cant accept that he has gone from her life forever, and so when she finds a poem called Wait for Me hidden in an old book, she believes its a sign from her husband. A promise that he will return to her.
London, 1988
Since childhood Max has suffered from a recurring nightmare. Surrounded by the horrific chaos of war, he has an urgent mission he knows he must complete. But time after time, the dream ends with him awaking in terror, his heart pounding from the horror of the battlefield. Desperate to understand why he is haunted by such terrible visions, Max embarks on a journey that leads him to Cornwall and a man named Rupert Dash.
Melbourne, 1995
Florence receives a letter from someone she has never met, who lives on the other side of the world. This stranger says he remembers a life that belonged to another before him. Could this be the one person Florence has waited fifty-one years to meet again
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'Nobody does epic romance like Santa Montefiore'JOJO MOYES
Santa Montefiores books have been translated into more than twenty-five languages and have sold more than six million copies in England and Europe. She is the bestselling author ofThe Temptation of Gracieand the Deverill series, among many others. She is married to writer Simon Sebag Montefiore. They live with their two children, Lily and Sasha, in London. Visit her at SantaMontefiore.co.uk and connect with her on Twitter @SantaMontefiore or on Instagram @SantaMontefioreOfficial.