<p><b>''Haunting and enchanting by turns. This book will stay with me for a long time. Utterly magnificent'' <i>Jenni Keer</i></b>?<br><br><b>Can the truth about her family''s past unlock her future? </b><br><br><b>Normandy, 1937</b>. Sixteen-year-old <b>Elise</b> embarks on a whirlwind romance with a young American man, which transports her from the drudgery of her everyday life caring for her mother. But neither she nor <b>William</b> is prepared for the war that will threaten to tear them apart...<br><br><b>Boston, 2009</b>. <b>Lucy</b> has been left reeling by the death of her beloved grandfather. They had always planned to visit France together after her college graduation; now, still aching from his loss, Lucy decides to take the trip alone. As Lucy traces the steps of her grandfather through the French countryside where he once served as a GI, a powerful story of love, loss and destiny emerges ¿ but can the truth about her family''s past unlock her future? Or are some scars too