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FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY STEPS TO THE SEA
By: Sara Alexander
Kensington
September 2018
On Sale: August 28, 2018
416 pages
ISBN: 1496715489
EAN: 9781496715487
Kindle: B078CYFC7Q
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Women's Fiction Historical | Romance Historical
In a richly romantic novel set in stunning Positano, Italy, Sara Alexander weaves a story of love, family loyalty, and sacrifice spanning five decades . . . Nestled into the cliffs in southern Italyβs Amalfi coast, Positano is an artistβs vision, with rows of brightly hued houses perched above the sea and picturesque staircases meandering up and down the hillside. Santina, still a striking woman despite old age and the illness that saps her last strength, is spending her final days at her home, Villa San Vito. The magnificent eighteenth-century palazzo is very different from the tiny house in which she grew up. And as she decides its fate, she must confront the choices that led her here so long ago . . . In 1949, Positano is as yet undiscovered by tourists, a beautiful, secluded village shaking off the dust of war. Hoping to escape poverty, young Santina takes domestic work in London, ultimately becoming a housekeeper to a distinguished British major and his creative, impulsive wife, Adeline. When they move to Positano, Santina returns with them, raising their daughter as Adelineβs mental health declines. With each passing year, Santina becomes more deeply enmeshed within the family, trying to navigate her complicated feelings for a man who is much more than an employerβwhile hiding secrets that could shatter the only home she knows . . .
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