The Red Gene

<DIV><B>Do scars always heal?</B><BR /><BR /> When Rose a young English nurse with humanitarian ideals decides to volunteer in the Spanish Civil War she is little prepared for the experiences that await her.<BR /><BR /> Working on the front line and witness to the horrors of war she falls in love with a Republican fighter Miguel. As defeat becomes inevitable Rose is faced with a decision that will change her life and leave her with lasting scars.<BR /><BR /> Meanwhile we meet Consuelo a girl growing up in a staunchly Catholic family on the other side of the ideological divide. When she discovers that she was adopted her attempts to learn more about her origins come to a dead end.<BR /><BR /> But years later Consuelo's daughter Marisol growing up in a rapidly changing Spain decides to investigate the dark secrets of her family and find the answers that have until now eluded her mother . . .<BR /><BR /> What links Rose and Consuelo? Will Marisol uncover the truth?<BR /><BR /> Sometimes the truth lies in the darkest places.<BR /><BR /><B>Praise for <I>Red Gene</I></B><BR /> "A wonderful book. It is so evocative of 1930s Britain and the generation for whom Spain was a huge issue . . . I really enjoyed reading it with so many of the characters so brilliantly realised.' —Jeremy Corbyn former leader of the Labour Party</DIV>