Julia Sutton
ASIN: B01MF7QXL1
Publisher: Cheyne Walk
Pages: 288
Set in the 1960s, the story of Jody, her little daughter Anna and Zé, veers between an unhappy marriage in the North of England and a journey to find love amid the vivid landscapes of Portugal, while exposing the darkest shadows of Europe's longest-running dictatorship. A Sea of Straw is a haunting debut that will linger in the memory."A beautifully written and elegiac story of love, politics and the cruelties of war. An emotionally satisfying read, lyrical and powerful in its psychological depths" (Amanda Hodgkinson, author of 22 Britannia Road)