The Italian wife - Kate Furnivall

Italy, 1932: Mussolini's Italy is growing from strength to strength, but at what cost? One bright autumn morning, architect Isabella sits in a cafe in the vibrant centre of Bellina, when a woman she's never met asks her to watch her young daughter, just for a moment. Reluctantly, Isabella agrees - and then watches in horror as the woman climbs to the top of the town's clock tower and steps over the edge. This tragic encounter draws vivid memories to the surface, forcing Isabella to probe further into the secrets of her own past as she tries to protect the young girl from the authorities. Together with charismatic photographer Roberto Falco, Isabella is about to discover that some secrets run deeper, and are more dangerous, than either of them could possibly have imagined...