An uplifting new novel from the author of The Girl From The Train. In this compelling story of delayed love, loss, and reconciliation, a retired physician looks back upon her life and recounts her coming of age in WWII-era South...
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An uplifting new novel from the author of The Girl From The Train. In this compelling story of delayed love, loss, and reconciliation, a retired physician looks back upon her life and recounts her coming of age in WWII-era South Africa. As the ravages of time, war, and illness play upon her life, Lettie never forgets her first love.
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As retired physician Lettie Louw looks back upon her life, she recounts her coming of age in WWII-era South Africa in this compelling story of delayed love, loss, and reconciliation.
Lettie Louw is the daughter of the town physician in their South African village. She spends her childhood in the warm African days playing with her friends and being adored by her doting parents. When she becomes a teenager, she experiences her first taste of unrequited romantic love in the form of her best friend's older brother, De Wet Fourie. When De Wet pursues the beautiful and wealthy Annabelle, Lettie's dreams are crushed, and she moves to Johannesburg to pursue her studies in medicine.
Life in Johannesburg feels strange to Lettie, and the world around her is in profound upheaval as the Second World War rages. Her feelings for De Wet never waver, and Lettie is heartbroken when he marries another of her childhood friends. Lettie soon meets Marco Romanelli, an Italian immigrant, and they marry and raise two daughters, as the racial and political tensions in South Africa swirl about them.
Lettie never forgets her first love, even as the ravages of time, war, and illness play upon her life and the lives of those she loves. In their later years, Lettie and De Wet are thrown into one another's company again, and they are given another chance at a life together.
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PRODUCT DETAIL
- Catalogue Code 480548
- Product Code 9780718098179
- ISBNÂ 071809817X
- EANÂ 9780718098179
- Pages 400
- Department General Books
- Category Fiction
- Sub-Category General
- Publisher Thomas Nelson Publishers
- Publication Date Nov 2017
- Sales Rank 14336
- Dimensions 210 x 139 x 28mm
- Weight 0.362kg
Irma Joubert
International bestselling author Irma Joubert was a history teacher for 35 years before she began writing. Her stories are known for their deep insight into personal relationships and rich historical detail. She's the author of eight novels and a regular fixture on bestseller lists in The Netherlands and in her native South Africa. She is the winner of the 2010 ATKV Prize for Romance Novels. Facebook:nbsp;irmajoubertpage