The Invitation

Resumen del libro

The second epic, escapist novel from a fresh new talent - perfect for fans of Kate Morton and Victoria Hislop.Rome, 1950s: Unmoored in the Eternal City, Hal Jacobs makes ends meet as a second-rate journalist. Once, he might have been a novelist, but his creativity died with his friends on Europe's battlefield. Then a chance invitation - a party held by an elderly contessa - sets him on a new course.

Here he meets Stella, a fellow outcast, and for a few hours he imagines a new life.The contessa has a vision for Hal, too. A collector of people as others collect curiosities, she proffers another invitation. Hal will cover the promotional tour for a new Italian film, on a yacht sailing towards Cannes.Of all the luminaries aboard - an Italian ingenue, an American star, a reclusive director - only one holds Hal in thrall: Stella.

And while each has a past that belies the gilded surface, she has the most to hide. To become the thing she is now, a darling of New York society, she has shed all she once was. The girl who fled war-torn Madrid has been lost to view.

The man who saved her - who remade her - has made sure of it.Hal, so guarded with his own past, has a talent for unveiling others'. Gradually, all yield their secrets to him. But the darkness in Stella's is hardest to bring into the light - and, as Hal pulls at the thread, the truth brings a danger he could never have foreseen .

Biografía del autor

LUCY FOLEY estudió literatura inglesa en la Universidad de Durham y en el University College de Londres y trabajó durante varios años como editora de ficción en la industria editorial. Es autora, entre otros, de los best sellers Todo lo perdido y encontrado, La invitación y La lista de invitados. Actualmente se dedica a la escritura a tiempo completo y vive en Londres.