Paperback
At First Light
$50.33
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
30 January 2018
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Summary
Meet Alicia Cortez: survivor, healer…murderer?
1993, Key West, Florida. When a Ku Klux Klan official is shot in broad daylight, all eyes turn to the person holding the gun: a 96-year-old Cuban woman who will say nothing except to admit her guilt.1919. Mixed-race Alicia Cortez arrives in Key West exiled in disgrace from her family in Havana. At the same time, damaged war hero John Morales returns home on the last US troop ship from Europe. As love draws them c…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781409155430 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1409155439 |
| Author: | Vanessa Lafaye |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Orion |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 30 January 2018 |
| Weight: | 265g |
| Dimensions: | 128mm x 197mm x 23mm |
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I loved this dark yet sunlit story of love and revenge - Lissa Evans, author of Their Finest
Utterly immersive, I savoured every sentence of this wonderful novel. A love story which is both tragic and uplifting - Juliet West, author of The FaithfulIlluminates a shady period of American history with panache, style and a hearty punch to the gut. In Alicia Cortez she has created one of the most engaging heroines to walk across the pages of a historical novel in a long while - Jason Hewitt, author of Devastation RoadPraise for Vanessa Lafaye’s Richard and Judy selected debut Summertime:Lafaye has created a taut and powerful novel that I found deeply moving - Daily MailI absolutely loved Summertime; it’s every bit as good as The Help - Elizabeth NobleAbout The Author
Vanessa Lafaye
Vanessa Lafaye was born in Tallahassee and raised in Tampa, Florida, where there were hurricanes most years. She first came to the UK in 1987 looking for adventure, and found it. After spells of living in Paris and Oxford, she lived in Marlborough, Wiltshire. Vanessa passed away in February 2018.
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