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07.17: Chris Bohjalian
2013-06-13 22:35:32| Powells Books Events Calendar
From Chris Bohjalian, the acclaimed author of Midwives and The Sandcastle Girls, comes a spellbinding new novel of love, despair, and revenge set in war-ravaged Tuscany. The year is 1943. Tucked away in the idyllic hills south of Florence, the Rosatis, an Italian family of noble lineage, believe that the walls of their ancient villa will keep them safe from the war raging across Europe. But when two soldiers, a German and an Italian, arrive asking to see an ancient Etruscan burial site, the Rosatis' bucolic tranquility is shattered. The year 1955: Serafina Bettini, an investigator with the Florence police department, has her own demons. A beautiful woman, Serafina carefully hides her scars along with her haunting memories of the war. But when she is assigned to a gruesome new case — a serial killer targeting the Rosatis, murdering the remnants of the family one by one in cold blood — Serafina finds herself digging into a past that involves both the victims and her own tragic history. Set against an exquisitely rendered Italian countryside, The Light in the Ruins (Doubleday) unveils a breathtaking story of moral paradox, human frailty, and the mysterious ways of the heart.
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