Peter Ho Davies

What is it like to feel, and be treated, like a foreigner in the country you call home? Ranging from the mouth of the Pearl River to the land of golden opportunity, this is a tale of familial bonds denied, of tenacity and pride, of prejudice and the universal need to belong.

The disparate wartime experiences of the young Welsh barmaid Esther, daughter of a fervent nationalist hill-farmer, and Karsten a German POW captured in Normandy, are brought together in this story set in remote Snowdonia. Richard & Judy Bookclub