Rhys Bowen's "The Tuscan Child: A Novel"

Kathy Rascon: Where do I begin. Joanna finds herself tossed into a mystery after her father passed away. She must find the answers in a small village in Italy where her father's plane was shot down by the German army. There are,so many int loeresting stories that come out of war. Mrs. Bowen has done a wonderful job painting the picture of the Tuscany countryside, and especially describing the food. I could almost taste it. Love, drama, mystery, tears. Enjoy this journey.

United States on Oct 11, 2023

Kindle Customer: I especially liked the story of the downed pilot and his romance with Sophia. The story had elements of danger and the history of the English flyers behind the German lines. I didn't care for the descriptions of the preparation of the Tuscan dishes. I thought this was a distraction from the story. I enjoyed how it ended with all loose ends resolved.

United States on Sep 26, 2023

Barb: Mir hat gefallen, dass es 2 Erzahlstränge gab. Einen zur Zeit des 2. Weltkriegs und ein anderer in der Jetzt Zeit.

Packend erzählt, wie die zwei Geschichten verwoben sind.

Germany on Aug 24, 2023

Amazon Customer: It is a very slow read. I scanned a lot. The crescendo just was not really impactful.
Did make me want to to Italy!

United States on Aug 20, 2023

Janet: Easy read - great for a holiday read- especially in Italy . Description of Italian dishes very accurate and made me want to re create them!

United Kingdom on Jul 05, 2023

James C: Enjoyed hugely .
Genuine central characters who one admires and likes .Both seem a little aloof . Sofia is described so beautifully .. warm , kind and lovely. A little predictable an outcome … but all in all a lovely read .

United Kingdom on Jul 04, 2023

Jenny Howard: Loved the descriptions and made me want to go Italy. Quite sad in places. Every time food was mentioned my mouth watered( with the exception of during the war).
A good read but readers should bare I kind present day is the seventies!

United Kingdom on Jun 15, 2023

J. A. King: This is a dual timeline plot (WW II and 1970s) that takes place in Italy. Rhys Bowen’s heroines are courageous with pluck in both timelines. The plot lines are well intertwined and paced. The characters have enough depth ( strengths and flaws) to be interesting. Four stars because the villain and motivation was predictable and in the final scene many timely coincidences (albeit well foreshadowed) stretched my beliefs.

United States on Mar 18, 2023

sukanya sen: The Tuscan Child
Author : Rhys Bowen

A beautiful book of love and courage..

Can love blossom at times of war, death and destruction???
When a fine English fighter pilot Hugo crash landed his fighter jet in the outskirts of Tuscan he lost the hope of survival. Surrendering to German forces was only thing in his mind still trying to fight for life.. in the shades of dark olive trees and morning mist he encountered Sofia Bartoli a strange Italian Tuscan village women who helped him to hide from the preying German eyes in the forest..

In the midst of German and Italian clash in the small village of San Salvatore Hugo and Sofia learn to survive and hope that someday when war is over they can have the life they desire. The courage of Sofia is remarkable in this book and Hugo with whatever little he could do .. he worked that out with Sofia.. Sofia taught Hugo who was a Royalty in England the power of respecting what little you have and not take anything for granted. With Sofia and her unconditional love.. Hugo released what he was missing all his life. But as fate has it cruelty of war snatched away these two beautiful souls..

Years later after her...

India on Feb 27, 2023

Nicole Stolle: The Tuscan Child by Rhys Bowen follows two separate storylines that help each other develop throughout the novel. With the first storyline being about Hugo, a military pilot, and the other about Joanna, his daughter, a very interesting story is told and revealed from the two different perspectives. It was written in early 2018, but it does a great job at recalling the past settings and characters. I think it also helped that Bowen had recently traveled to Tuscany, as her details were extremely accurate as to what you would truly see and find. Though I did enjoy reading this book, the ending left me feeling disappointed as it was very predictable and the events worked out so well that it was a bit unrealistic.
Bowen does a fantastic job with detail, pulling the reader into the universes of both storylines, making one feel as though they are seeing it through their own eyes. It is a very easy read, with simple language and not too many conflicts overlapping at once. The two character’s storylines are layered perfectly and the progression of the given information is expertly crafted. The two storylines build off of each other as they are read and none of the clues go to waste....

United States on Apr 25, 2019