Evelyn Skinner has led an amazing, unconventional life, now as World War II draws to a bloody end, she’s back in an Italian villa. She’s there to save some of the artwork there and to remember the great love of her life, a maid she met there years before. In the wine cellar of the villa she meets British soldier Ulysses Temple and the two form an immediate bond. Ulysses is so moved by Evelyn and her story that it changes his life; that meeting impacts him and everyone he comes into contact with for the next forty years. This is a beautiful story full of wisdom, truth and beauty and readers will need their tissues nearby