The Secret

Description

Two girls growing up in Mussolini’s Italy share a secret that has devastating consequences. Against a backdrop of fear, poverty and confusion, friendship is tested and loyalties divided—until a chance encounter changes everything.

The girls’ lives diverge when beautiful, daring Martina marries and moves into Villa Leonida, the most prestigious house in the village, while plain, studious Irena studies to be a teacher. But neither marriage, nor life at Villa Leonida are as Martina imagined. And as her friend’s life takes on a new purpose Irena finds herself left behind. Decades later, a discovery at the villa coincides with the abandonment of a baby, which threatens to reopen old wounds and expose the truth