The last train from Liguria | Christine Dwyer Hickey

It is 1933. Bella Stuart leaves her quiet life in London behind to work in Italy as governor of the six -year -old Alec. He is the son of a young Jewish heiress and the Aristocrat Signor Lami. When Alec's father dies, Bella and Alec move to the summer residence of the family in Bordighera. There Bella Meet Edward, the piano teacher of Alec. Gradually trust and friendship grow between the shy Bella, the peculiar Alec and the enigmatic Edward.
When fascism gets to its grip and Mussolini enters his anti-Jewish laws, Alec's life is endangered. Bella is instructed to escape Italy and bring the boy to safety.


Dublin, sixty years later. Anna Moore visits her Nonna, who is dying in a nursing home. When she hears that her grandmother spoke Italian in confused state, she realizes how little she knows about the woman who raised her.


On the last train from Liguria, Christine Dwyer Hickey connects the rural Liguria of the 1930s with the gray existence in Dublin at the end of the twentieth century. Dwyer Hickey thus shows that identity and history are inextricably linked, whatever you conceal or change.



enchanting, a novel that you will not let go. ' - Library Journal


"In the end it is not a novel about politics or history. It is a heartbreaking love story." - The Guardian


"A beautifully written novel. Impressive but also light -hearted. (...) While reading you just feel the light and warmth of Italy. " - Mail on Sunday
Christine Dwyer Hickey (Dublin, 1960) is the author of novels and short stories. She lives in Ireland and on the Italian Rivièra. Dwyer Hickey now has ten successful novels to her name, which were nominated for various prizes (including the Orange Prize and The Irish Book of the Year). The last train from Liguria based Christine Dwyer Hickey on her own family history and was nominated for the Prix l'Ev Européen de Littérature.
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