Whispers of Betrayal

<p>Adela Edgecombe discovered a hidden secret that compelled her to search for answers about her family's beginnings. WHISPERS OF BETRAYAL reflects her passion for finding the truth. What she unearthed shocked her. </p><p><br></p><p>From the US to War torn Italy her parent's love story captured the hearts of the world. But was it a love story? What really happened behind the veil of words that brought her parents together? </p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Since every human personality is at root mysterious all families present us with an abundance of mysteries the chief of which is often how marriages ever happened in the first place. In her family memoir Adela Edgecombe tackles that mystery head-on uncovering a web of circumstances peculiar to place and time. The place is the Province of Salerno Italy; the time 1944 the depths of World War II. A young American GI meets an impoverished Italian family grows to care for them and as he leaves for the front promises a nine-year-old child that one day he will return and help them. And does the man against all odds keep that promise? Judging from the fairy-tale wedding that took place in Passiano in 1951 and was featured in </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Life Magazine </em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>it would seem so. Edgecombe explores that fairy tale moment how it came to pass and what followed after. She digs fearlessly into the mystery of an unhappy marriage that began with such photogenic joy and hope. Read </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Whispers of Betrayal</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> for a well-researched surprising and moving tale which reminds us that the casualties of war are many and varied.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>                 -Jincy Willett author and </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Winner of the National Book Award</em></p>