I read about this book on NetGalley. I did not mean to request it. Somehow, it ended up in my queue. I regret the confusion but I do not plan to read the book. Books about war are not my thing.

I imagine it deserves a much higher rating than I gave it. But I cannot rate a book I have not read and cannot file this without a rating.

In the aftermath of World War I and the Spanish flu epidemic, Emmeline Vale has lost nearly everyone she loves. Now, her uncle has a plan for her future, a plan, Emmeline cannot bring herself to accept, so she slips aboard a train and quietly disappears. Fifty years and two wars later, a young lawyer, Bill Perch finds Ememline’s diary and decides to find out what really happened to her. Told by two narrators in two different timelines in England and the South of France, this is a beautiful story of love, loss and redemption. Madeleine transports readers to another time and place so completely, I lost all track of time while reading. Highly recommended

Thanks St. Martin's Press and netgalley for this ARC. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

If you like dual timelines, poignant moments, and beautiful descriptions of the countryside then this story has more than enough to keep you reading.