I Can't Begin to Tell You

I Can't Begin to Tell You Synopsis

Elizabeth Buchan brings us a beautifully told story of courage, love and lies in wartime Europe in her heart-breaking new novel I Can't Begin to Tell You. Denmark, 1940. War has come and everyone must choose a side.

For British-born Kay Eberstern, living on her husband Bror's country estate, the Nazi invasion and occupation of her adopted country is a time of terrible uncertainty and inner conflict. With Bror desperate to preserve the legacy of his family home, even if it means co-existing with the enemy, Kay knows she cannot do the same.

Lured by British Intelligence into a covert world of resistance and sabotage, her betrayal of Bror is complete as she puts her family in danger. Tasked with protecting an enigmatic SOE agent, a man who cannot even tell her his name, Kay learns the art of subterfuge. From this moment on, she must risk everything for the sake of this stranger - a stranger who becomes entangled in her world in ways she never expected.

Caught on opposing sides of a war that has ripped apart a continent, will Kay and Bror ever find their way back to one another? Elizabeth Buchan's stunning new novel, I Can't Begin to Tell You, is a story of bravery, broken loyalties, lies and how the power of love can bring redemption even to the darkest of places.

Praise for Elizabeth Buchan: Gorgeously well-written . (Independent). An irresistible story of love, loss and renewal . (Woman's Own). Elizabeth Buchan's previous novels include Light of the Moon, the prizewinning Consider the Lily, the New York Times bestseller Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman, and her most recent book Daughters.

As well as her novels Elizabeth's short stories have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and published in a range of magazines. Alongside her own fiction writing Elizabeth reviews for the Sunday Times and the Daily Mail, and as a patron of the Guildford Book Festival and of the National Academy of Writing she is a distinctly influential figure in the literary world independent of her fiction.

Elizabeth has chaired the Betty Trask and Desmond Elliot literary prizes, has been a judge for the Whitbread (now Costa) awards, and she now sits on a committee for the Reading Agency. She lives in London.