TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lea,Caroline
TI  - The metal heart
SN  - 9780241423301
U1  - 823.92 23
PY  - 2021///
CY  - United Kingdom
PB  - Michael Joseph
KW  - Twin sisters
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Orphans
KW  - Prisoners of war
KW  - Scotland
KW  - Orkney
KW  - Italy
KW  - Trust
KW  - Courage
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Orkney (Scotland)
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Historical fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - War fiction
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-388)
N2  - Orkney, 1940. Five hundred Italian prisoners-of-war arrive to fortify these remote and windswept islands. Resentful islanders are fearful of the enemy in their midst, but not orphaned twin sisters Dorothy and Constance. Already outcasts, they volunteer to nurse all prisoners who are injured or fall sick. Soon Dorothy befriends Cesare, an artist swept up by the machine of war and almost broken by the horrors he has witnessed. She is entranced by his plan to build an Italian chapel from war scrap and sea debris, and something beautiful begins to blossom. But Con, scarred from a betrayal in her past, is afraid for her sister; she knows that people are not always what they seem. Soon, trust frays between the islanders and outsiders, and between the sisters--their hearts torn by rival claims of duty and desire. A storm is coming
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