~ Trade Paperback
~ New Release - 2021
Roxanne Veletzos, the internationally bestselling author of The Girl They Left Behind, now presents When the Summer Was Ours, an epic World War II tale of star-crossed lovers separated by class, circumstance, and tragedy that explores the impact of war on civilian life, and the indestructible resilience of first love.
From the horrors of the Second World War to the tensions of the 1956 Hungarian uprising and beyond, When the Summer Was Ours is a sweeping story about the toll of secrets, the blurred lines between desire and loyalty, sacrifice and obsession, and the endurance of the human spirit.