Across a continent still reeling from World War I, a "ravishingly beautiful" (Paula McClain) story about a love affair between two Americans and the lie that changes everything. France, 1921āTom, a young American orphaned in World War I, is helping comfort the grieving families who travel through Verdun, seeking answers about their loved ones. But nothing in his pastānot his rough Chicago childhood nor his experiences driving ambulances across French battlefieldsācan prepare Tom for the arrival of Sarah Hagen. From the moment he meets her, a disarmingly magnetic woman looking for news of her missing husband, he knows he will help her in any way he canāeven if that means crossing an unforgivable line. As their affair takes them across a fractured Europe careening toward World War 2, Tom and Sarah learn how love can be both a cure forāand a distraction fromāthe realities of a world turned upside down. But they can only hide from the truth for so long. When news of an amnesiac soldier in Bologna reaches Tom in Paris, he sets off as a journalist to uncover the story, only to find Sarah at the soldier's bedside, hopeful as ever. Both are surprised to encounter an Austrian journalist named Paul with his own interest in the amnesiac. As they confront the past, Tom's actions come back to haunt him, and each is forced to make a choice that will change their lives forever. A deeply transporting novel about love and identity, truth and consequences, The Verdun Affair is a page-turning and vividly imagined "literary romanceā¦ [that] unravels a love triangle and its players' secrets" ( Los Angeles Times ).
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- English
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LiteratureTable of contents
- Cover
- Dedication
- Santa Monica, 1950
- Chapter One
- Chapter Two
- Santa Monica, 1950
- Chapter Three
- Chapter Four
- Santa Monica, 1950
- Chapter Five
- Chapter Six
- Santa Monica, 1950
- Chapter Seven
- Santa Monica, 1950
- Chapter Eight
- Chapter Nine
- Santa Monica, 1950
- Chapter Ten
- Santa Monica, 1950
- Chapter Eleven
- Chapter Twelve
- Chapter Thirteen
- Santa Monica, 1950
- Chapter Fourteen
- Chapter Fifteen
- Reading Group Guide
- Nick Dybekās Recommended Reading on World War I
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Copyright
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