<p><b>Beautifully written and sensitively observed</b> --Hazel Gaynor author <i> The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter</i></p><p><b>Beautifully written and thought-provoking</b> --Ruth Hogan author <i>The Keeper of Lost Things</i></p><b>INSPIRED BY ONE OF THE LAST GREAT UNTOLD STORIES OF WW1</b><p>1916. Young artist Sam Burke is spared death by firing squad on the battlefields of France and brought to a remote castle by the Irish Sea. At the Tin Nose Shop he is tasked with creating intricate masks to hide the mutilated faces of his fellow soldiers from the Front. While he tries to come to terms with the death of his best friend and the promise he failed to keep Sam and the disfigured soldiers struggle to return to their former lives and their loved ones.</p><p>A stirring and emotional tale based on the real-life story of the Tin Nose Shop.</p><p><b>Will both break your heart and give it wings as it explores the healing powers of friendship love hope and purpose</b> --Robin Wells author <i> She Gets That From Me</i></p><p><b>One of the best historical novels I have read in a long time... I have never read anything quite like it</b> --Mark Sullivan author <i>Beneath a Scarlet Sky</i></p>