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Lydia Syson is a fifth-generation North Londoner who now lives south of the river. She is working through her ambitions in a disorderly fashion. The publication of her first novel, A WORLD BETWEEN US, has taken a good few decades. During this time she went from being a BBC World Service radio listener in Botswana to a producer in London, and then became a non-medical doctor and mother of four. She also wrote a biography of Britain's first fertility guru, DOCTOR OF LOVE: JAMES GRAHAM AND HIS CELESTIAL BED, learning a lot about enlightenment sex in the process. Getting to Timbuktu is still on the 'to do' list - it was the subject of her PhD thesis - but bilingualism and Hollywood musical stardom are looking increasingly unlikely. You can follow Lydia on www.lydiasyson.com or on Twitter: @lydiasysonIt's a fantastic historical fiction debut set in the Spanish Civil War, featuring a wonderfully passionate and resourceful heroine. Recommended.
The Bookseller
This book should certainly appeal to those interested in an anti-fascist struggle whose events and consequences still impact in Spain and beyond to this day. Highly recommended.
The Morning Star
Carefully-researched and rich with fascinating period detail, A World Between Us is a compelling story of politics and passion, bravery and love.
Booktrust
An outstanding debut novel for teenagers ... Thoroughly researched and beautifully written ... Syson has written an affecting story that takes its protagonists on a gruelling journey through a war-torn landscape. Picasso's Guernica continues to bear witness to that city's tragic fate; this accomplished wartime romance will enthral while reminding you why he painted it.
The Guardian
Syson brings history alive through careful detail
The Observer
This book should certainly appeal to those interested in an anti-fascist struggle whose events and consequences still impact in Spain and beyond to this day. Highly recommended.
The Morning Star
An epic romance set against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War
Spain, 1936. Felix, a spirited young nurse, has travelled to Spain to help the cause of the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War. But she is also following Nat, a passionate young man who has joined the International Brigades fighting Franco. And George - familiar George from home - is not far behind, in pursuit of Felix ...
As Spain fights for its freedom against tyranny, Felix battles a conflict of the heart. With the civil war raging around her, Felix must make choices that will change her life forever. An epic and moving historical adventure from debut author Lydia Syson.
An epic romance set against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War
Spain, 1936. And George - familiar George from home - is not far behind, in pursuit of Felix ...
As Spain fights for its freedom against tyranny, Felix battles a conflict of the heart.
'You want to get back to the front.' They all did. It had shocked Felix at first. Then, in the first quiet spell at the hospital, she'd understood.
'I feel guilty, safe here.'
'Not exactly safe.' A louder explosion, not so far away that they couldn't feel it shake the pavement. He pulled her even nearer. She felt as light as air.
'Safer.'
'Maybe.' She shrugged. Everyone had picked up something of Madrid's fatalism. He stopped and she knew he was looking at her, curiously, trying to decipher her shadowed face.
'You like the danger, don't you?' he teased her, gently. 'Admit it.' Nat turned and took her face in his hand, stroking her cheek with his thumb, studying her as closely as the darkness allowed.
'No, no, of course I don't.' Felix was almost too embarrassed to enjoy the sensation, this warm weightlessness, as if every cell in her body were gently expanding. 'Not really.' She tried to look away, but he wouldn't let her. He'd seen through her.
'A bit of you . . . ?'
'Well, it's exciting,' she admitted, meeting his eyes again, at last. 'You know it is.'
'Life and death.'
That was it. He knew. 'It makes you feel so alive . . .'
' . . . A part of things . . . ?'
' . . . Here and now.'