A Sense of Place: A compelling saga of love and fame

By Maisie Mosco

She has success but at what price?

The year is 1930 and Alison Plantaine is a star. She is thirty, and in the full bloom of her stage career. But she is lonely, and for years no man had been able to compete with the pace and intensity of her life.

Only when she visits Berlin does she find a passion to rival the theatre. She falls madly in love with Richard Lindemann, who opens her eyes to what is happening around her. He shows her the dangers that may befall a nation under the grip of the Nazi regime. As Alison becomes involved in the concerns of those she cares for she contemplates a world beyond the stage – a world that was moving faster and faster towards tragedy and war.

An emotional historical saga about love from a much-loved novelist, perfect for fans of Rita Bradshaw and Margaret Dickinson.

Praise for Maisie Mosco

‘Once in every generation or so a book comes along which lifts the curtain’ Guardian

‘Full of freshness and fascination’ Manchester Evening News

‘The undisputed queen of her genre’ Jewish Chronicle

• Language: English
• Publisher: Canelo Saga
• Release date: Mar 16, 2020
• ISBN: 9781788639125

Maisie Mosco

Maisie Mosco was born in Oldham in 1924, the eldest of three children. Her parents were of Latvian Jewish and Viennese Jewish descent, and both sides emigrated to England around 1900. She wanted to study medicine, but had to leave school at the age of 14 to help in the family business. She joined the ATS aged 18, and ended the war helping illiterate soldiers to read. After the war, she edited The Jewish Gazette, and wrote radio plays for the BBC. The author of sixteen novels, she died in London in 2011, aged 86.