EAN: 9781526658807

LAST HOUSE BEFORE THE MOUNTAIN - MONIKA HELFER ...

'Beautiful and heartbreaking ... I absolutely loved it' Monica Ali  Sunday Times Bestselling
author of Love Marriage 'A poignant  captivating  beautifully woven family saga. As honest as
Elena Ferrante  with the folkloric intensity of Téa Obreht' Christina Baker Kline  #1 New York
Times Bestselling author of The Exiles Maria and Josef live with their children in a valley in
westernmost Austria. When the First World War breaks out and Josef is drafted into the army 
Maria is left to provide for her family alone. Every day is a struggle against starvation  the
harsh alpine climate and the hostile nearby villagers who see Maria as little more than a
beautiful temptress out for the men left behind. But when a red-haired stranger arrives in the
village  Maria feels happiness seep back into her life and she faces a choice whose
consequences will affect the lives of her family for generations to come. Based on the
internationally bestselling and award-winning Austrian novelist Monika Helfer's own family
history  Last House Before the Mountain is a propulsive  haunting  multi-layered saga about
love  family  and the hidden wages of war.

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