Joseph O'Connor

September 1943: German forces occupy Rome. Gestapo boss Obersturmbannführer Paul Hauptmann rules with terror. Hunger is widespread. Rumors fester. The war’s outcome is far from certain....

Winter 1847, the Star of the Sea sets sail from Ireland for New York....

Dublin 1907, a city of whispered rumours. An actress still in her teens begins an affair with a damaged older man, the leading playwright at the theatre where she works....

It is 1865: the American Civil War is ending. Eliza Duane Mulvey sets out alone, walking across a devastated country in search of a youngster she has not seen in four years....

In the final months of World War II, a clandestine group known as The Choir smuggles thousands of escapees out of Nazi-occupied Rome via a secret route known as the Rome Escape Line. When an unidentified airman falls from the sky, The Choir is plunged into lethal danger.

A Richard and Judy Book Club Selection.

In the bitter winter of 1847, from an Ireland torn by injustice and natural disaster, the Star of the Sea sets sail for New York....

The American Civil War is ending. A woman sets out from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on a walk across a devastated America. Eliza is searching for a youngster she has not seen in four years....

Robbie und Fran kennen sich schon seit der Schule. Robbie lernt drei Akkorde, Fran ist unberechenbar. Die beiden hängen rum und gründen eine Band...