Book
Under the golden sun : a novel / Jenny Ashcroft.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250274762 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 344 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First U.S. edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : St. Martin's Press, 2022.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Originally published in the United Kingdom by Little, Brown UK in 2020"--Title page verso. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Air pilots > Fiction. Country life > Australia > 20th century > Fiction. Man-woman relationships > Fiction. Orphans > Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 > Fiction. Young women > England > Fiction. Australia > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. War fiction. Novels. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stroud Branch | FIC Ashcr | 31681010270742 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
"Jenny Ashcroft's Under the Golden Sun is a captivating World War II historical love story set against the raw beauty of Australia. Rose Hamilton is in desperate need of a life change when she reads the want ad in the newspaper for a companion needed to escort a young orphaned child to Australia. There are so many reasons she should ignore the advertisement-the war, those treacherous winter seas, her family, her fiance... but she can't help herself. Within weeks she is boarding an enormous convoy, already too attached to five-year-old Walter. Unfortunately, the cattle station home of Walter's family isn't anything like either of them were told to expect. Rose can't leave this little boy who she's grown to love until he is happy and settled, and she knowsthe key to this is Walter's wounded fighter pilot uncle. But how will she ever part with Walter? And what if he isn't the only reason she wants to stay?"-- - Baker & Taylor
During World War I, Rose Hamilton escorts a young orphaned boy to Australia, where his cattle station home isnât anything like either of them were told to expect, and is unable to part with this boy she has come to loveâor his wounded fighter pilot uncle. 60,000 first printing. - McMillan Palgrave
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.
England, 1941. The world is at war. London is under siege as the German blitz pounds the city without warning, without mercy. Rose Hamilton did her part as a member of the Womenâs Auxiliary Air Force until she was unfairly discharged following a tragic loss. Working as a secretary on a Devon farmland, Rose is out of harmâs way, but she needs to contribute to something greater than herself to truly recover.
Answering a newspaper advertisement for a companion to accompany an orphaned child to Australia, Rose becomes enchanted with four-year-old Walter Lucknow. Shy, imaginative, and kind, the boy lost his parents and has been living in near seclusion with his elder great aunt. As heir to a wealthy Australian cattle station, Walter must return to his homeland and his motherâs family.
Leaving her own familyâand fiancéâRose braves the long, dangerous voyage across Pacific waters where war is imminent to see Walter safely home. But upon arrival, Rose learns the truth about Walterâs relationship to the Lucknows and the land heâs supposed to inherit, a truth that haunts the boyâs Uncle Max, a wounded pilot scarred inside and out. And as Max opens his heart up to Walter, Rose is drawn to the manâs strength and compassion, finding herself torn between returning to England and staying with the child and man sheâs grown to love.
*New York Times bestselling author Karen White
