The garden of angels
Hewson, David, 1953-2021
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At his beloved Nonno Paolo's deathbed, fifteen-year-old Nico receives a gift that will change his life forever: a yellowing manuscript which tells the haunting, twisty tale of what really happened to his grandfather in Nazi-occupied Venice in 1943. The Palazzo Colombina is home to the Uccello family: three generations of men, trapped together in the dusty palace on Venice's Grand Canal. Awkward fifteen-year-old Nico. His distant, business-focused father. And his beloved grandfather, Paolo. Paolo is dying. But before he passes, he has secrets he's waited his whole life to share. When a Jewish classmate is attacked by bullies, Nico just watches - earning him a week's suspension and a typed, yellowing manuscript from his frail Nonno Paolo. A history lesson, his grandfather says. A secret he must keep from his father.
Main title:
The garden of angels / David Hewson.
Author:
Hewson, David, 1953-, author
Imprint:
London : Creme de la Crime, 2021.
Collation:
320 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9780727850119 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
BRN:
2247375