Light in the Ruins Jesse Lynch Verghese is something of a

Verghese is something of a magician as a novelist

For Reynolds

words that are as squirming

our only home

CEASELESSLY ENTERTAINING --Kirkus (Starred Review)

Light in the Ruins Jesse Lynch Verghese is something of aNATIONAL BESTSELLER From the New York Times bestselling author of The Flight Attendant comes a spellbinding novel of love, despair, and revenge set in war ravaged Tuscany. 1943: Tucked away in the idyllic hills of Tuscany, the Rosatis, an Italian family of noble lineage, believe that the walls of their ancient villa will keep them safe from the war raging across Europe. But when two soldiers a German and an Italian arrive at their doorstep asking to