Half Life

Half Life

by Rachel Beanland

Simon & Schuster · 2026 · 480 pages

A young navy wife follows her husband to a remote Italian island in the 1960s, seeking an escape from her past. As she embraces her new life and the local culture, she uncovers unsettling truths about the American military's presence and the potential dangers it poses. This atmospheric novel explores themes of complicity, awakening, and the difficult choices one woman must make when her loyalties are tested.

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