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A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB RECOMMENDED READ

INSPIRED BY ONE OF THE LAST GREAT UNTOLD STORIES OF WW1

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.

A stirring and emotional tale based on the real-life story of the Tin Nose Shop.

Beautifully written and sensitively observed Hazel Gaynor

Beautifully written and thought-provoking Ruth Hogan

Will both break your heart and give it wings as it explores the healing powers of friendship, love, hope and purpose Robin Wells

One of the best historical novels I have read in a long time… I have never read anything quite like it Mark Sullivan

Here is a beautifully written novel, sensitive, exploring not so much the brutality of war but the humanity which stems from it The Yorkshire Times

There are many novels based on the events of World War I; this one has to be among the most compassionate and moving Historical Novel Society

Don J. Snyder (born 1950, Pennsylvania) is an American author and screenwriter.