Philip P I Paris Books in Order

Paris reconstructs the history of the chapel created by Italian prisoners of war on Orkney's Lamb Holm. Survivors' testimony, family memories, photographs, and historical documents illuminate the people behind the building and its creation during World War II.

Italian prisoners sent to Orkney in 1942 endure harsh conditions while building a chapel from salvaged materials. Artist Domenico inspires the project, while fellow prisoner Giuseppe's love for a local woman intertwines with the chapel's story.

Alfred, Tom, and Gordon are strangers concealing the same painful reality: abuse by their wives. Their stories explore domestic violence against men alongside abuse against women and the difficulties of living with a partner whose dementia brings violence.

Paris recalls a Gateshead childhood and a prolonged search for answers to pain and weight loss in the early 1980s. Humor accompanies his account of inaccurate treatments, deference to doctors, and the decision to challenge medical authority.

In the Scottish Highlands in 1943, Effie's family is ordered to leave its farm for a secret wartime operation. Her relationship with Italian prisoner Toni develops amid upheaval, while someone nearby seeks information to pass to the enemy.

After a fire kills her father, Aila and her mother settle in a Highland village in 1727. Suspicion surrounding Aila’s burns and a zealous minister’s campaign against evil threaten them as travelling entertainers arrive.