Publisher's Synopsis
Romantic Thriller!Nina Schaeffer is just fourteen years old when, in 1945, her life in Germany gets torn apart and she is forced to escape to England, frightened and alone.Over 70 years later, Nina's granddaughter, Angela, comes to a crossroads in her own life. After the death of Angela's husband, her true love, Miles, takes an assignment in war-torn Syria and consequently goes missing, leaving her bereft. Nina urges Angela to go and bring him home.Will Angela find the strength to scour the streets of Aleppo for her one true love? Will the two of them be reunited amongst the bombs, under the burning heat of the desert sun? Or will Angela have to settle for the memories of the time they shared, sitting under The Lentil Tree, their special place away from life's trials and tribulations?The Lentil Tree tells the story of several generations of powerful, passionate women, and the lengths they'd go to for the ones they love.
