![]() Readers will be amazed at Pino’s numerous successful wartime efforts. These make the book read much like a work of narrative nonfiction. Mark Sullivan, a bestselling author who has co-authored novels with James Patterson, acknowledges that this book “is a novel of biographical and historical fiction.” His trips to Italy, discussions with the now-elderly Pino Lella, and painstaking research are all shown in his detailed narrative. Pino expects to fulfill his dream of spending a lifetime of happiness with her. Pino uses the opportunities of his position not only to spy for the partisans but also to romance Anna. Surprisingly, he meets Anna again, working as a maid to Leyers’ mistress. Pino becomes the chauffeur/translator for General Leyers, Hitler’s left-hand-man in Italy. Near Pino’s eighteenth birthday, he’s recalled to Milan, his father suggesting enlistment in the German Army to avoid being drafted. There he assists Father Re in his dangerous missions of transporting Jews to safety in neutral Switzerland. When an Allied bomb wrecks his family home, Pino’s parents send him north to Casa Alpina. ![]() Despite being stood up, Pino cannot get Anna out of his mind. He pesters her for a date, and she accepts. Outside a bakery, he meets the beautiful Anna. In 1943, 17-year-old Pino Lella strolls along the streets of Milan, Italy. ![]()
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