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An Act of Love

An Act of Love

Paperback Published on: 29/04/2021
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Synopsis

France, 1943.

Forced to flee war ravaged Poland, Sara and her parents are offered refuge in a beautiful but dilapidated house in the French Alps. It seems the perfect hideaway, despite haunting traces of the previous occupants who left in haste.

But shadows soon fall over Sara's blissful summer, and her blossoming romance with local villager Alain. As the Nazis close in, the family is forced to make a harrowing choice that could drive them apart forever, while Sara's own bid for freedom risks several lives . . .

Will her family make it through the summer together?
And can she hold onto the love she has found with Alain?

By turns poignant and atmospheric, this is the compelling new novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Carol Drinkwater about the power of first love and courage in our darkest hours.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
  • ISBN: 9781405933360
  • Number of pages: 448
  • Dimensions: 198 x 130 x 28 mm
  • Weight: 313g
  • Languages: English

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An Act of Love
Addictive novel set in The Second World War
Highly addictive novel from Carol set the Second World War. Sara and her family fled from Poland to France and were supported by the locals, but life was ... READ MORE
Mary Urquhart
An Act of Love
Carol Drinkwater's best novel yet!
Carol Drinkwater is one of my favourite writers. I have read and loved her Olive Farm series of memoirs and three of her adult fiction novels: The Forgotte... READ MORE
SCS2016
An Act of Love
Novel set WW2 ALPES-MARITIMES
This was the TripFiction BOOK OF THE MONTH June 2021 Summer is coming in a small village in the Alpes-Maritimes, where a young Jewish woman, Sara, has lan... READ MORE
TripFiction
An Act of Love
A Marvellous Read
This is Carol Drinkwater's best book to date. It is so exciting yet packed with human emotion. The situations are believable, the scenario gripping and cre... READ MORE
Joannah Yacoub
An Act of Love
A powerful wartime story of love and loyalty
When Sara and her parents arrive in a beautiful village as refugees in France 1943, they cannot believe their good fortune after their exile from Poland as... READ MORE
Sarah
An Act of Love
Another beautifully written book.
Another beautifully written book from Carol Drinkwater. Despite the terrible circumstances in which the story is set Carol's beautiful writing captures the... READ MORE
Sarah Allen
An Act of Love
Every twist and turn feels like it is happening for the first time
AN ACT OF LOVE by CAROL DRINKWATER takes the reader on an emotional journey through war-torn France. Presented through the eyes of Sara, who has fled from ... READ MORE
Stephan
An Act of Love
Good Read
A well written and enjoyable story set during WW II in the South of France. I found the descriptions of the area were how I remembered them having changed... READ MORE
Annette Thomas
An Act of Love
Every twist and turn feels like it is happening for the first time
AN ACT OF LOVE by CAROL DRINKWATER takes the reader on an emotional journey through war-torn France. Presented through the eyes of Sara, who has fled from ... READ MORE
Stephan
An Act of Love
Beautiful, eye-opening and compelling
Why do we read? Why do you read? The reason I read is because I want to be swept up in the lives of characters I've grown to love and root for; I want to b... READ MORE
Laura Besley
An Act of Love
Intriguing,unexpected and interesting
I have just finished reading this book. I can say I loved every word of it. Carol led me on a journey as exciting as it was unexpected. When I got to Part... READ MORE
Patricia Watts
An Act of Love
Every twist and turn feels like it is happening for the first time
AN ACT OF LOVE by CAROL DRINKWATER takes the reader on an emotional journey through war-torn France. Presented through the eyes of Sara, who has fled from ... READ MORE
Stephan
An Act of Love
Every twist and turn feels like it is happening for the first time
AN ACT OF LOVE by CAROL DRINKWATER takes the reader on an emotional journey through war-torn France. Presented through the eyes of Sara, who has fled from ... READ MORE
Stephan
An Act of Love
A moving story.
I enjoyed reading every word if this book The plot , the characters and sensitivities of the writing in regards to the blight of the Jews, children separa... READ MORE
Christine Shea