Silent Parts

Every family has its secrets, and the Lamberts have Uncle Harry, who fought in World War I but never came home from France. Each Lambert relative now clings to a different story. *Harry died a hero's death on the battlefield*. *Harry married a sweet French girl.* *Harry drowned in the mud in Gallipoli.* *Harry was a coward who ran from the enemy.* As his great niece Julie struggles to properly research Harry's fate, she sees how easily history can be rewritten. Slowly she uncovers an awkward boy growing up in turn-of-the-century Australia, an obedient son caring for his aging mother, and finally a 40-year-old bachelor heading off to the European theater as a reluctant soldier. Eventually she finds evidence that Harry was called to the front-after serving in a post out of harm's way-and on the way he made a decision that changed the rest of his life.