“The novel shows the differences in Europe – celebrations in Paris compared with the grim fight for survival in Berlin, Vienna and Budapest. It also touches on the dilemma of how to make a just peace amidst the cries for vengeance; how to secure a future for Europe that would save it from further horrendous conflicts.”

— The WOA Bookshop

“Haworth’s writing is at its best when she is describing the various artworks or, through Caroline’s eyes, sizing up the potential subject for her sketchbook….Overall a well-researched novel that combines the personal awakening of a young woman against the backdrop of an increasingly fragile Europe.”

Patrick Coleman — The Press

“A poignant section of the novel is a visit Caroline and Ashley make to Notre Dame Cathedral. Here they find wounded French soldiers lighting candles and placing them before a statue of the Virgin Mary and then hobbling to some pews to pray.”

Chris Tobin — Mainland Press

“Jenny’s doing fabulous things with publishing – a wonderful book, so easy to get absorbed into it.”

Megan Banks — CTV, Christchurch

“Has a link with the Art of War… a lot of research has gone into this book. It helps having Ashley as the main character because he can explain to us the experience of the war especially through the poem that he writes for Caroline. The bigger political scene in Europe in 1919 is part of the background to the novel and through Ashley’s time in Berlin, Budapest and Vienna we get some idea of the horrors of life in those cities… Caroline is a thinking woman and through her thoughts we get to learn something of the effect of World War I on Europe.”

Lynn Freeman — Chapter and Verse, Arts on Sunday