BOOK ON TOUR #THE LOST STORY OF SOPHIA CASTELLO #BOOKOUTURE PUBLISHERS #HISTORICAL WORLD WAR FICTION 2 #BOOK REVIEW #SIOBHAN CURHAM
MY THOUGHTS AND BOOK REVIEW In The Lost Story of Sofia Castello, Lily Christie a struggling writer is offered the chance to ghostwrite the biography of a woman she and the public believed long dead—Sofia Castello, a glamorous singer from the World War II era. Believed to have died in 1941, Sofia is actually alive, in her eighties, and hiding in a quaint cottage on the Portuguese coast in Lisbon. Curious and desperate about the writing project landed from her Friend Jane, Lily travels to meet Sophia Castello and is soon carried away into a stunning tale of wartime bravery, hidden love, and heartbreaking sacrifice. As Sofia recounts her life as a Varina before becoming a singer —she retells the dangerous world of Nazi-occupied Europe while secretly aiding the Allies—Lily finds herself increasingly fascinated by Sophia's emotional story. Sofia's story is marked by her bond with a young orphaned German girl named Judith who tries to escape the German gestapo who tried following h...
