Description: "Packed with engaging characters, flawlessly researched, and breathlessly paced" ("Booklist," starred review)--the internationally bestselling novel about a seamstress who becomes an undercover spy for the British Secret Service during World War II.
Brief description: María Dueñas holds a PhD in English philology. After two decades in academia, she broke onto the literary scene in 2009 with the publication of the New York Times bestselling novel The Time in Between, followed by The Heart Has Its Reasons in 2012. Both novels became international bestsellers and have been translated into thirty-five languages. The television adaptation of The Time in Between earned critical and international acclaim. The Vineyard is her third novel.
Review Quotes: "A wonderful novel, in the good old tradition, with intrigue, love, mystery and tender, audacious and well-drawn characters."--Mario Vargas Llosa, recipient of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature