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The fountains of silence / Ruta Sepetys.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Penguin Books, 2020.Description: 512 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780241421857 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • F SEP 23
Summary: Madrid, 1957. Tourists and foreign businessmen flood into Spain under the welcoming guise of sunshine and wine while Spanish citizens are gripped by a dark secret. Daniel Matheson, the son of an oil tycoon, hopes to connect with the country of his mother's birth through the lens of his camera. Photography - and fate - introduce him to Ana, a hotel maid, whose family is suffering under the fascist dictatorship of General Franco. Daniel and Ana's lives and hearts collide as they unite to uncover the hidden darkness within the city - a darkness that could engulf them all.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode
Fiction The Harden Library, King's Hospital Fiction Section F SEP (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available AR BL 4.5 R17060M0499

Originally published: 2019.

Madrid, 1957. Tourists and foreign businessmen flood into Spain under the welcoming guise of sunshine and wine while Spanish citizens are gripped by a dark secret. Daniel Matheson, the son of an oil tycoon, hopes to connect with the country of his mother's birth through the lens of his camera. Photography - and fate - introduce him to Ana, a hotel maid, whose family is suffering under the fascist dictatorship of General Franco. Daniel and Ana's lives and hearts collide as they unite to uncover the hidden darkness within the city - a darkness that could engulf them all.

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