The Villa

Category:
Fiction

Publisher:
Quercus

Publication date:
May-12

Foreign rights controlled by:
MBA

Foreign rights sold:

Germany - Bastei Lubbe; France - City Editions; Poland - Literackie; Italy - Sperling and Kupfer; Spain - Boveda; Lithuania - Alma Littera; Turkey - Koridor Yayincilik; Czech Republic - Brana.

When Tess Angel receives a solicitor’s letter inviting her to claim her inheritance – the Villa Sirena, perched on a clifftop in Sicily – she is stunned. Her only link to the island is through her mother, Flavia, who left Sicily during World War II and cut all contact with her family. Initially resistant to Tess going back to her roots, Flavia realises the secrets from her past are about to be revealed and decides to try to explain her actions. Meanwhile, Tess’ teenage daughter Ginny is stressed by college, by her blooming sexuality and filled with questions that she longs to ask her father, if only she knew where he was.