The Metal HeartThe story of true innocents caught up in the machinery of war. Exquisitely researched, beautifully told, this tiny corner of Scotland came alive for me in all of my senses and I found myself rooting for the central characters with all my heart. Mary Beth Keane, author of Ask Again, Yes In the dark days of World War II, an unlikely romance blossoms between a Scottish woman and an Italian prisoner of war in this haunting novel with the emotional

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the boy she swore to forget after he condemned her father to death

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This luminous verse novel reveals how Mary Shelley became one of the most celebrated authors in history

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