A remarkable novel of family and love during a time of war,* Jenny Ashcroft\'s Under the Golden Sun follows a soul-searching young woman who takes a leap of faith and discovers a place to call home and someone to share her heart. * New York Times bestselling author Karen White.
And as Max opens his heart up to Walter, Rose is drawn to the man\'s strength and compassion, finding herself torn between returning to England and staying with the child and man she\'s grown to love.
But upon arrival, Rose learns the truth about Walter\'s relationship to the Lucknows and the land he\'s supposed to inherit, a truth that haunts the boy\'s Uncle Max, a wounded pilot scarred inside and out.
Leaving her own family--and fiancé--Rose braves the long, dangerous voyage across Pacific waters where war is imminent to see Walter safely home.
As heir to a wealthy Australian cattle station, Walter must return to his homeland and his mother\'s family.
Shy, imaginative, and kind, the boy lost his parents and has been living in near seclusion with his elder great aunt.
Answering a newspaper advertisement for a companion to accompany an orphaned child to Australia, Rose becomes enchanted with four-year-old Walter Lucknow.
Working as a secretary on a Devon farmland, Rose is out of harm\'s way, but she needs to contribute to something greater than herself to truly recover.
Rose Hamilton did her part as a member of the Women\'s Auxiliary Air Force until she was unfairly discharged following a tragic loss.
London is Under siege as the German blitz pounds the city without warning, without mercy.
The world is at war.
England, 1941.
A remarkable novel of family and love during a time of war,* Jenny Ashcroft\'s Under the Golden Sun follows a soul-searching young woman who takes a leap of faith and discovers a place to call home and someone to share her heart