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Chargement... The Devoted (édition 2012)par Jonathan Hull (Auteur)
Information sur l'oeuvreThe Devoted par Jonathan Hull
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From wartime Italy to the American West, Jonathan Hull takes readers on a heartrending passage through the lives of three families torn by history and bound by an unshakeable - and at times forbidden - devotion. Ryan Brooks never forgot the powerful hands that pulled him from the wreckage of his parents' station wagon that summer in 1960 when he was ten and his childhood came to a fiery end during a family vacation. Thirty years later, Ryan returns to Wyoming to thank the dying rancher for saving the life he is still trying to be worthy of. The chilling sight of Mike O'Donnell's deeply scarred hands is just the beginning of Ryan's journey as he soon finds himself caught between the rancher's captivating - and married - daughter, Shannon, and his mysterious Italian wife, Alessandra. When Mike's deathbed confession sets Ryan on a search for the truth of what really happened the day his parents died, he unearths a long-buried secret that leads to a mountain cave in Northern Italy and Alessandra's dangerous love affair with a haunted young German soldier. As past and present collide in an intricately woven story of love and redemption across generations and continents, Ryan discovers that the answers he seeks are inscribed deep in the hearts of those whose lives - and courage - he must measure against his own. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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 Google Books — Chargement...GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999ÉvaluationMoyenne: (3.75)
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Now, thirty years after that horrible 1960 accident, and despite an exchange of birthday and Christmas cards during most of those years, Ryan has still not met the man who saved his life. And it is now or never because his rescuer is terminally ill - and has, at most, a few more weeks to live. Both men fear the painful memories that their meeting might reawaken, but they know that if it is ever going to happen, it has to be soon. What neither of them could have anticipated is how greatly Ryan's visit will impact lives other than theirs.
Ryan, unsure how to handle the visit, and struggling to say everything he feels, is so welcomed into the O'Donnell home by Alessandra, Mike's wife, that he grows more confident by the hour. Too, it doesn't hurt that Mike's pretty daughter, Shannon, has come home to be with her father during his final days. But the longer Ryan stays in Wyoming, the more complicated things become.
The Devoted is a story filled with surprises, surprises that are revealed one-by-one until the reader's (and Ryan's) initial assumptions about the accident, Mike, Alessandra, and Shannon are largely proven wrong. The O'Donnells are a family with lots of secrets - secrets that they have kept even from each other for decades. Shannon's parents brought secrets into their marriage that go all the way back to World War II Italy where Alessandra had a passionate love affair with a German soldier who was part of the group that occupied her tiny village. Now might be the last chance to finally share those secrets with each other and Ryan. But the real question is whether any of them will emotionally survive the revelations.
Bottom Line: The Devoted is a good story and Jonathan Hull tells it well. Fans of historical fiction and readers who like romantic literary fiction will particularly enjoy this one. Too, World War II history buffs are sure to appreciate Hull’s version of life on the Italian home front for those Italians not pleased to be allied with Adolph Hitler.
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