*THE STUNNING NEW NOVEL FROM INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR KAYTE NUNN!*

''Absolutely magnificent'' NATASHA LESTER
''Hugely engaging'' DAILY MAIL

War would bring them together.
But would it ultimately tear them apart?

Burma, 1945.

Bea, Plum, Bubbles, Joy and Lucy are five young women looking for adventure, fighting a forgotten war in the jungle attached to the Fourteenth ArmyRunning a mobile canteen, navigating treacherous roads and dodging hostile gunfire, they soon become embroiled in life-threatening battles of their own - battles that will haunt the women for the rest of their lives.

Oxford, 1976. At the height of an impossibly hot English summer, a woman slips into a museum and steals several rare Japanese netsuke, including the famed fox-girlDespite the offer of a considerable reward, these tiny, exquisitely detailed carvings are never seen again.

London and Galway, 1999. On the eve of the new millennium, Olivia, assistant to an art dealer, meets Beatrix, an elderly widow who wishes to sell her late husband''s collection of Japanese artConcealing her own motives, Olivia travels with Beatrix to a New Year''s Eve party, deep in the Irish countryside, where friendships will be tested and secrets kept for more than fifty years are spilled...



Format Häftad Omfång 384 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Orion Publishing Co Utgivningsdatum 2021-10-14 ISBN 9781398701144