GOOD HOPE ROAD A NOVEL

At the outset of the Great
War, James Stonebridge, a patrician New England Yankee and Obadaiah Nelson, a
gumbo ya-ya Louisiana native, volunteer with the French Foreign Legion in
Paris. They are among the handful of Americans who did so at the time, young
men filled with idealism and lured by romantic notions of adventure. Despite
their different backgrounds, the two form a deep and unexpected friendship
that helps them endure the brutal reality of the trenches, a bond that is
tested to breaking point by the horrors of the war. Fourteen years after the
war has ended, Major James Stonebridge is a haunted recluse. A black mirror,
a souvenir from France, hangs on the wall of his Vermont farmhouse, his pale,
leached reflection in it hinting at all that he has suffered. The impact of
this unspoken burden is felt most of all by his son, Jim. It is only when
privileged, spirited Madeleine enters their lives and encourages the Major to
join the World War I veterans agitating for their unpaid bonuses in Washington
that Jim finally begins to understand the man his father once was and all
that the war took from him. Meanwhile the 1930s are drawing to a close and
another war looms. From pre-war Paris to the trenches of Europe and the apple
orchards of Vermont, Good Hope Road is a powerful and mesmerizing story of
the legacy of war, the search for redemption and the strength of the human
spirit. Book Features: The new novel from bestselling author of Tiger Hills
which sold over 15,000 copies in hardback in India Author was longlisted for
the Man Asian Literary Prize The novel is about World War I and follows in
the bestselling tradition of books like Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks and All
Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque