{"product_id":"return-to-valetto","title":"Return to Valetto","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Texas Institute of Letters Jesse H. Jones Award for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Best Book of the Year: \u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Must-Read: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Post \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A story of love, loss, and the enduring power of hope. I was transfixed from page one.'  Lara Prescott, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of\u003ci\u003e The Secrets We Kept\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Last Painting of Sara de Vos\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Dominic Smith's\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e Return to Valetto\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e tells of a nearly abandoned Italian village, the family that stayed, and long-buried secrets from World War II.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn a hilltop in Umbria sits Valetto. Once a thriving village that survived centuries of earthquakes and landslides and became a hub of resistance and refuge during World War II, it has since been nearly abandoned, as residents sought better lives elsewhere. Only ten remain, including the widows Serafino-three eccentric sisters and their steely centenarian mother-who live quietly in their medieval villa. Then their nephew and grandson, Hugh, a historian, returns.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut someone else has arrived before him, laying claim to the cottage where Hugh spent his childhood summers. The unwelcome guest is the captivating and no-nonsense Elisa Tomassi, who asserts that the family patriarch, Aldo Serafino, a resistance fighter whom her own family harbored, gave the cottage to them in gratitude. But like so many threads of history, this revelation unravels a secret-a betrayal, a disappearance, and an unspeakable act of violence-that has affected Valetto across generations. Who will answer for the crimes of the past \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDominic Smith's \u003ci\u003eReturn to Valetto\u003c\/i\u003e is a riveting journey into one family's dark past, a page-turning excavation of the ruins of history, and a probing look at our commitment to justice in a fragile world. It is also a deeply human and transporting testament to the possibility of love and understanding across gaps of all kinds-even time.\u003c\/p\u003e; Nominiert: BookPage Best Books of the Year, 2023","brand":"Buchserien.de","offers":[{"title":"Neuware","offer_id":53792855589202,"sku":"9780374607685","price":33.2,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/7002\/3593\/files\/unnamed_c08b8b73-f30f-4f11-a210-0ba67d1e14c0.jpg?v=1781824980","url":"https:\/\/www.buchserien.de\/products\/return-to-valetto","provider":"Buchserien.de","version":"1.0","type":"link"}