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July 1910: The grisly remains of Cora Crippen, music hall singer and wife of Dr Hawley Crippen, are discovered in the cellar of 39 Hilldrop Crescent, Camden. But the Doctor and his mistress, Ethel Le Neve, have vanished, much to the frustration of Scotland Yard and the outrage of a horrified London. Across the Channel in Antwerp, the SS Montrose sets sail on its two week voyage to Canada. Amongst its passengers are the overbearing Antonia Drake and her daughter Victoria, who is hell-bent on romance....

Comment vivre en étant la fille d’un bourreau nazi ? Comment construire une vie d’adulte fondée sur le mensonge ? John Boyne dresse un portrait de femme inoubliable, au crépuscule de sa vie, rongée par ses démons.