This is a story about desire.
\nFran ce\, 1915. \;An English nurse and German doctor fall in love. He is a prisoner of war\; she has never cared for rules. Their love is visceral an d urgent\, forbidden and doomed\, and it would have gone unrecorded if not for a series of drawings found more than a century later.
\nAt firs t the drawings seem insignificant\, but the woman who finds them glimpses moments of intimacy and can&rsquo\;t look away. The images become part of a puzzle she wants to solve: who were the lovers\, what became of them\, a nd what story of war was the artist trying to tell?
\nIn this lumino us tale of hope in the midst of darkness\, Pip Williams expands the world of her bestselling novels\, \;The Dictionary of Lost Words&nb sp\;and \;The Bookbinder of Jericho. Sensual and sophisticate d\, \;The German Ward \;shows one of Australia&rsquo\;s m ost significant writers reaching the height of her skills. \;
\nAbout the author:
\nPip Williams is best known for her companion novels\, \;The Dictionary of Lost Words \;a nd \;The Bookbinder of Jericho. Since its publication in 2020 \, \;The Dictionary of Lost Words \;has won a number of m ajor book awards\, was chosen for the Reese Witherspoon Book Club and beca me a \;New York Times \;bestseller. Pip&rsquo\;s second n ovel\, \;The Bookbinder of Jericho\, was published in 2023 an d was an instant bestseller. In 2024\, it won the Australian Book Industry Awards General Fiction Book of the Year and was Dymocks&rsquo\; number-on e book in its Top 101. Both novels were also recognised in ABC Radio Natio nal&rsquo\;s Top 100 Books of the 21st Century. \; Pip&rsquo\;s books have been published around the world and translated into more than 30 lang uages.
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