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Gripping, fascinating . . . Kay is prepared to sacrifice marriage, home, children and her life for the cause

Impressive . . . nerve-janglingly engrossing . . . Buchan brings the period vividly to life

This is such a good novel, full of incident and history and the minutiae of life as a spy

She who dares wins in Buchan's gripping doorstopper about the Nazi occupation in Denmark

A gripping story of courage and conscience. Highly recommended

Gripping, beautifully written and peopled with characters you believe in

A gripping story about a family divided by war time loyalties

Denmark, 1940. 
For British-born Kay Eberstern, safely enveloped in the comfort of her husband Bror's country estate, war is a distant reality - until the Nazis invade her adopted country. 
With Bror determined to preserve the legacy of his family home, even if it means collaborating with the enemy, Kay is forced to decide where her loyalties truly lie. Drawn into a covert world of intelligence, resistance and sacrifice - and into a relationship with 'Felix', an enigmatic SOE agent - she learns that nothing is simple in wartime, and no one is above suspicion. 
Even those you love most.

Settle down with the stunning wartime story of a family trying to survive, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The New Mrs Clifton 
 
When the Nazis invade Denmark, British-born Kay Eberstern is sickened when Bror - her husband of twenty-five years - collaborates with the enemy to save his family home. 
 
Lured by British Intelligence into a covert world of resistance, her life in the hands of London's code breakers, Kay's betrayal of her husband is complete as she risks her home and children to protect an SOE agent who won't even tell her his name. 
 
As her family - especially her headstrong daughter - is drawn further into danger, Kay is faced with a wrenching moral dilemma. 
 
Who will be sacrificed next for the cause? 
 
Can she and Bror ever find their way back to one another? 
 
I Can't Begin to Tell You is a beautiful story of bravery, broken loyalties, lies and how the power of love can bring redemption even to the darkest of places. 
 
Praise for I Can't Begin to Tell You: 
 
'Impressive . . . Buchan brings the period vividly to life' Sunday Times 
 
'Such a good novel, full of incident and history' Daily Express 
 
'A gripping story of courage and conscience. Highly recommended' Sunday Mirror 
 
'Gripping, fascinating' Daily Mail

Elizabeth Buchan's previous novels include the prizewinning Consider the Lily, the New York Times bestseller Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman, and her most recent book The New Mrs Clifton, which was a Waterstones Paperback of the Year in 2017. Elizabeth's short stories have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and published in a range of magazines. Elizabeth reviews for the Sunday Times and the Daily Mail and is a patron of the Guildford Book Festival and co-founder of the Clapham Book Festival. She has chaired the Betty Trask and Desmond Elliott literary prizes, has been a judge for the Costa Novel Award, and she sits on the authors' committee for the Reading Agency. She lives in London.

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