{"product_id":"metal-heart-book-caroline-lea-9780063075498","title":"The Metal Heart","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The story of true\u003cbr\u003e innocents caught up in the machinery of war. Exquisitely researched,\u003cbr\u003e beautifully told, this tiny corner of Scotland came alive for me in all of my\u003cbr\u003e senses and I found myself rooting for the central characters with all my\u003cbr\u003e heart.\"     --Mary Beth Keane, author of Ask Again, Yes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the dark days of World War II, an unlikely romance blossoms between a Scottish woman and an Italian prisoner of war in this haunting novel with the emotional complexity of The Boat Runner and All the Light We Cannot See--a powerful and atmospheric story of love, jealousy, and conscience that illuminates the beauty of the human spirit from the author of The Glass Woman.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the wake of the Allies' victory in North Africa, 1,000 Italian soldiers have been sent to a remote island off the Scottish coast to\u003cbr\u003e wait out the war. Their arrival has divided the island's community. Nerves\u003cbr\u003e frayed from three years of war and the constant threat of invasion, many locals\u003cbr\u003e fear the enemy prisoners and do not want them there.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhere their neighbors see\u003cbr\u003e bloodthirsty enemies, however, orphaned sisters Dorothy and Constance see sick\u003cbr\u003e and wounded men unused to the freezing cold of an Orkney winter, and volunteer\u003cbr\u003e to nurse them. While doing so Dorothy finds herself immediately drawn to\u003cbr\u003e Cesare, a young man broken by the horrors of battle.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut as the war drags on, tensions\u003cbr\u003e between the islanders and the outsiders deepen, and Dorothy's connection to\u003cbr\u003e Cesare threatens the bond she shares with Constance. Since the loss of their\u003cbr\u003e parents, the sisters have relied on each other. Now, their loyalty will be\u003cbr\u003e tested, each forced to weigh duty against desire . . . until, one fateful\u003cbr\u003e evening, a choice must be made, one that that will have devastating\u003cbr\u003e consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50062939717905,"sku":"CIN0063075490G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50063469936913,"sku":"CIN0063075490A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51415448289553,"sku":"CIN0063075490VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51917657997585,"sku":"GOR014461132","price":4.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0063075490.jpg?v=1786106871","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/metal-heart-book-caroline-lea-9780063075498","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}