Just finished this amazing book. Highly recommended. A remarkable (in every sense of the word) story of love, faith and strength. Set in Italy, prior to and during WWII, she is a Jewish violinist full of life and he is a Priest with a golden heart. Love, faith and strength repeat themselves throughout the story; with family, with lovers, with strangers and with God. How did the darkest of times of our world’s history come to be? Little by little. How did life preserver? Little by little. God is quite, but miracles still do happen. I cried, laughed and enjoyed every page.

Just finished my latest novel. This one was interesting... I’m not usually one to take the bait of the book world buzz. But this newly published book (which they are discussing turning into a film) caught my attention being of a similar “type” of book I enjoy- Historical fiction. It was a comprehensive ghost story of lives intertwining through time, spanning the centuries between mid-1800s and modern day England. I found this book to be frustrating at times, because it felt as if I was building a jigsaw puzzle of a story and mystery characters, as I was reading it- unclear until the end. But it is also a story I’ll probably think about for a bit.

Simply, wow.
A book that I felt I could’ve stayed in... I didn’t want it to finish, but at the same time a novel that I felt like I couldn’t get enough of. Beautifully written, full of surprises, love, history and adventure. A truly lovely story that emphasizes family and love above everything; intertwining perspectives, narrators, and poetry through time. It taught me so much about Ireland’s history, while also making me realize how little I knew about their revolution in the early 1900’s.