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1955. Vivien Lowry’s latest play, the only female-authored in London’s West End that winter, opened to a rapturous reception from the audience. However, the critics’ savage reviews have forced its closure and called into question her entire career. So, when then the opportunity arises for her to work as a script doctor on a film shooting in Rome’s Cinecittà Studios, a world populated with the likes of Ava Gardner and Sophia Loren, she takes it. What Vivien doesn’t count on is the greatest male bastion of them all: the Vatican.

Caught between church and censors, as well as two very different men, Vivien must also face the long-buried truth of the recent World War and what really happened to her fiancé if she’s to deal with her past and step into the future.

‘Every Time We Say Good Bye is a heartbreaking, engrossing, and thoroughly dazzling work of art that would make the filmmakers at the centre of its story proud.’ – Nina de Gramont, author of The Christie Affair 

‘A stunning novel about the impossible choices we make. Wise and wonderful, this is Jenner’s best!’ – Meg Waite Clayton, author of The Last Train to London

‘Natalie Jenner is at her historical fiction best with Every Time We Say Goodbye. This propulsive page-turner set in 1950s Rome has all the juicy elements readers will devour: art, passion, love, loss, history, and sacrifice.’ – Lisa Barr, author of Woman on Fire

‘Jenner provides an insightful view into Italy’s postwar reckoning with authentic flair. Jenner’s fans will love this.’ – Publishers Weekly