Book Title: When Summer Was Ours /P
ISBN: 9781982152130
By Author(s):VELETZOS ROXANNE
By Publisher:SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:PB
"This compulsively readable tale of loss and love during and after the Second World War is a masterpiece." --Kristin Harmel, New York Times bestselling author
"A gorgeously written, impeccably researched historical novel, spanning decades and continents, and filled with a richly drawn cast of characters." --Jillian Cantor, USA TODAY bestselling author
This epic World War II tale of star-crossed lovers separated by class, circumstance, and tragedy--from the international bestselling author of the "gripping...filled with passion and hope" (Kate Quinn, New York Timesbestselling author) The Girl They Left Behind--explores the impact of war on civilian life and the indestructible resilience of first love.
Hungary, 1943: As war encroaches on the country's borders, willful young Eva César arrives in the idyllic town of Sopron to spend her last summer as a single woman on her aristocratic family's estate. Longing for freedom from her domineering father, she counts the days to her upcoming nuptials to a kind and dedicated Red Cross doctor whom she greatly admires.