Summary
For the short, golden period of the reign of King Edward VII. Rosie McCosh and her three very different sisters grow up in an eccentric home in Kent, between the boys of the Pitt family on one side and the boys of the Pendennis family on the other. But their days of childhood adventures are overshadowed by the beginning of the war, which will befall them as they enter adulthood.
The young men are scattered along the western battlefield. Rosie faces the challenges of stay-at-home life. Confused by her love for two young men – a foot soldier and a famous aviator – she is forced to navigate extraordinary times. Can she and her sisters build a new life in the possibilities and devastation of the Great War?
The novel Dust That Falls from Dreams follows the lives of an unforgettable cast of characters who strive to find out what happiness can be created from the ruins of the old world.
Louis De Bernières is the bestselling author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin, which won the Commonwealth Writer's Prize for Best Book in 1995, and which was made into a movie in 2001 with Penélope Cruz and Nicolas Cage. His more recent works are Birds without wings and The Partisan's Daughter, a collection of stories Despite and a collection of poems Imagining Alexandria.
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