Three Words for Goodbye: A Novel

From Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb, the bestselling authorsof Meet Me in Monaco, comes a coming-of-age novel set in pre-WWII Europe,perfect for fans of Jennifer Robson, Beatriz Williams, and Kate Quinn. Threecities, two sisters, one chance to correct the past . . .New York, 1937: When estranged sisters Clara and MadeleineSommers learn their grandmother is dying, they agree to fulfill her last wish:to travel across Europe—together. They are to deliver three letters, in whichViolet will say goodbye to those she hasn’t seen since traveling to Europeforty years earlier; a journey inspired by famed reporter, Nellie Bly.Clara, ever-dutiful, sees the trip as an inconvenient detourbefore her wedding to millionaire Charles Hancock, but it’s also a chance toembrace her love of art. Budding journalist Madeleine relishes the opportunityto develop her ambitions to report on the growing threat of Hitler’s Nazi partyand Mussolini’s control in Italy.Constantly at odds with each other as they explore theluxurious Queen Mary, the Orient Express, and the sights of Paris and Venice,, Clara and Madeleine wonder if they can fulfil Violet’s wish, untila shocking truth about their family brings them closer together. But as theyreach Vienna to deliver the final letter, old grudges threaten theirreconciliation again. As political tensions rise, and Europe feels increasinglyvolatile, the pair are glad to head home on the Hindenburg, where fatewill play its hand in the final stage of their journey. Read more