- Title:
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The Road Beyond Ruin
- Written by:
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Gemma Liviero
- Read by:
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Saskia Maarleveld; Angelo Di Loreto
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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11
- Duration:
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13 hours 19 minutes
- Published:
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April 28 2019
- Available Date:
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April 28 2019
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781799701088
- Genres:
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Fiction; Historical Fiction; Sagas
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Brilliance audio
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Format
Price
Bolinda price
For some people in post–World War II Germany, the battle is not over.
August 1945. As Stefano, an Italian POW, heads toward home across war-ravaged Germany, he encounters a young child beside his dead mother. Unable to leave him to an unknown fate, Stefano takes the boy with him, finding refuge in a seemingly abandoned house in a secluded woodland.
But the house is far from vacant. Stefano wakes at the arrival of its owner, Erich, a former German soldier, who invites the travellers to stay until they can find safe passage home. Stefano cautiously agrees, intrigued by the disarming German, his reclusive neighbour Rosalind, and her traumatised husband, Georg. Stefano is also drawn to Monique, the girl in a photograph on Rosalind’s wall, who went missing during the war.
But when he discovers letters written by Monique, a darker truth emerges. This place of refuge could be one of reckoning, and the secrets of the past might prevent the travellers from ever getting home.
'Poignant, thought-provoking, and cleverly written. The characters are drawn with such sensitivity that you feel you are there with them.'
Lindsay Jayne Ashford
'Through the eyes of several intriguing characters, Liviero deftly weaves together a gripping tale of World War II like no other.'
Ann Howard Creel