num_pages: 432
description: An Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestseller. From the USA Today bestselling author of A Curve in the Road comes a spellbinding novel about one womans love loss and courage during wartime. After a crushing betrayal by the man she loves Gillian Gibbons flees to her family home for a much-needed escape but when she finds an old photograph of her grandmother in the arms of a Nazi officer Gillians life gets even more complicated. Rattled by the discovery Gillian attempts to unravel the truth behind the photos setting her off on an epic journey through the past 1939. England is on the brink of war as Vivian Hughes falls in love with a handsome British official but when bombs begin to fall and Vivians happy life is destroyed in the blitz she will do whatever it takes to protect those she loves As Gillian learns more about her grandmothers past the old photo begins to make more sense. But for every question answered a new one takes its place. Faced with a truth that is not at all what she expected Gillian attempts to shine a light not only on the mysteries of her familys past but also on her own future. This gorgeously written multigenerational saga is a heart-wrenching yet hopeful examination of one womans struggle to survive perfect for fans of The Nightingale and Beneath a Scarlet Sky .
language: English
title: A Fire Sparkling
publisher: Lake Union Publishing