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The Sailor from Casablanca - by Charline Malaval (Paperback)

The Sailor from Casablanca - by  Charline Malaval (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>A spellbinding story of love and betrayal f</b><b>or fans of Santa Montefiore, Fiona Valpy's <i>The Beekeeper's Promise</i> and Dinah Jefferies. Perfect for book clubs!</b><b></b><br><b><br>***Shortlisted for the Filigranes Prize***</b><br><b>***RATED 5 STARS BY REAL READERS***</b> <p/><b>I couldn't turn the pages fast enough!</b> -<i>5* Amazon review</i> <p/>A story <b>full of mysteries and romance</b>, set against the sumptuous backdrop of Casablanca. -<i>5* Amazon review</i> <p/>An <b>exceptional debut</b> -<i>Les Livres d'Eve blog</i> <p/>A novel full of <b>warmth, emotions and exoticism</b>. -<i>Le Populaire</i> <p/>Tall, brilliant and ambitious, eighteen-year-old sailor Guillaume has the world at his feet when he steps onto the shores of <b>Casablanca</b> in April <b>1940</b>. But his dreams of travelling the world are cut short when he <b>dies in a warship explosion</b> in the harbour of Casablanca. <p/>Sixty-five years later in <b>2005</b>, as Loubna fights to <b>open a cinema</b> in the bustling harbourside city, the young woman discovers the <b>mystery of the sailor from Casablanca</b> . . . and a suitcase full of her grandfather Guillaume's love letters. But could it be that the boy everyone has supposed dead for over half a century is <b>still alive</b>? <p/>And if so - did he run away with <b>one of his countless girlfriends</b> all these years ago? <p/>As Loubna searches for answers, she finds herself swept up in an epic story of<b> love, passion, intrigue</b> and betrayal, set in the enchantingly glamorous heart of <b>Golden Age Casablanca</b>.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Charline Malaval was born in Limoges in 1984, and grew up in Corr?ze, south-western France. Having worked in Brazil, Mauritius, Bulgaria and Vanuatu, she now teaches at the French Lyc?e in Riga. <i>The Sailor from Casablanca</i> is her first novel.

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