In 1937, Muriel leaves her family in England to nurse children trapped in the Spanish Civil War. Braving the fascist bombardment, she becomes determined to help one injured boy find his sister - but she can never forget her own abandoned daughter.

More than forty years later, Dee follows in the footsteps of her grandmother, inspired to overcome the hurt of rejection by her older lover and take a few risks in sex and war.

Two generations apart, Muriel and Dee are driven into passion and danger in the heat and dust of south-eastern Spain.

'If you like a good story with great characters, if you enjoy a really good read, then you will love Sarah Shaw's fresh perspective on heroism in women, enhanced by her acute sense of time and place. Compelling.' - Wendy Robertson

'A really wonderful read.' - Chrysse Morrison

'A complex, ambitious and entertaining piece of work.' - The Literary Consultancy

Click Here for Advance Information sheet

About Sarah Shaw

Sarah was born in Cumbria and worked in the North East as a filmmaker before moving to Suffolk. She returned to live in south-west Gateshead in 2007. Although she has written in notebooks since the age of eighteen, she has only concentrated on fiction during the last few years, winning prizes for short stories. In 2008 she completed an MA in Creative Writing at Newcastle University. In 2009 Tonto Books published her first novel, ‘Make It Back’, after it won their novel competition. Sarah earns her living in education. She is working on a collection of short stories and another novel. Sarah is winner of the Badenoch Fiction Award 2009.

Amazon.co.uk