The Blue And Distant Hills
Apr 2012 · Random House
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A young girl's search for her identity and for a love that can overcome her past.
Questa Adamson is stranded in Italy for the duration of the Second World War. When she finally returns to England she is haunted by terrible memories. She finds that the safe childhood world she remembers has disappeared and that she is as alone in her home country as she has been in Italy.
She also finds that she has inherited a tumbledown manor house in Shropshire and is determined to restore the estate to its former glory, despite rationing and post-war austerity. And when she meets her mysterious neighbor, Marcus, it seems as if she might, at last, begin to drop her guard and learn to love.
But loving Marcus brings its own special difficulties and Questa soon finds herself faced with an extraordinary and painful choice.
Questa Adamson is stranded in Italy for the duration of the Second World War. When she finally returns to England she is haunted by terrible memories. She finds that the safe childhood world she remembers has disappeared and that she is as alone in her home country as she has been in Italy.
She also finds that she has inherited a tumbledown manor house in Shropshire and is determined to restore the estate to its former glory, despite rationing and post-war austerity. And when she meets her mysterious neighbor, Marcus, it seems as if she might, at last, begin to drop her guard and learn to love.
But loving Marcus brings its own special difficulties and Questa soon finds herself faced with an extraordinary and painful choice.
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June 22, 2021
I could not put this book down. An excellent read. A story within a story and needs a follow on.
About the author
Judy Turner was born in Norwich, England in 1936. She wrote historical and romantic fiction under the pseudonyms Katie Flynn and Judith Saxton. She wrote more than 90 books during her lifetime including A Liverpool Lass, In Time for Christmas, Christmas at Tuppenny Corner, A Mother's Love, and A Christmas Gift. After being diagnosed with ME (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) in 1996, her daughter Holly began assisting her in her writing. She died on January 1, 2019 at the age of 82.
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