Book Launch: ‘The Sound of the Hours’ Karen Campbell
Tuesday 16 July, 2019 7 p.m.
Waterstones Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow
Launch of Karen Campbell’s new book The Sound of the Hours.
Scottish writer Karen Campbell is the author of seven novels, most recently The Sound of the Hours, Rise and This is Where I Am, all published by Bloomsbury Circus.
Come and learn about Vita & Frank and celebrate glorious Barga – Italy’s most Scottish town!
In the hilltop town of Barga, everyone holds their breath. Even the bells fall silent. Everything Vittoria Guidi knows is at risk. German troops occupy the mountains around her home, as US Buffalo soldiers prepare to invade. Trapped, does she side with her Scots-Italian father or Fascist mother as her country – and future – is torn in two?
Frank Chapel, a young, black American soldier fighting for a country that refuses him the vote, is unlike anyone Vittoria has ever met. In the chaos, they find each other. But, as loyalties are tested, families fall apart…
Karen Campbell launches her new novel ‘The Sound of the Hours’ a novel about identity, conflict and love, set during World War Two in Barga – Italy’s most Scottish town.
This is a free event but please make sure you reserve your seat Register via Eventbrite.
‘Doors open’ at 6.30pm for a 7pm start in our 2nd floor bar and event space.
Waterstones Sauchiehall Street, 153-157 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow G2 3EW
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