Against a vivid backdrop of history,
Danielle Steel tells a compelling story of love and war,
acts of faith
and acts of betrayal…and of three generations of women as
they journey
though years of loss and survival, linked by an indomitable
devotion
that echoes across time.
For the Wittgenstein family,
the summer
of 1915 was a time of both prosperity and unease, as the
guns of war
sound in the distance. But for eldest daughter Beata, it was
also a
summer of awakening. By the glimmering waters of Lake
Geneva, the quiet
Jewish beauty met a young French officer and fell in love.
Knowing that
her parents would never accept her marriage to a Catholic, Beata
followed her heart anyway. And as the two built a new life
together,
Beata’s past would stay with her in ways she could never have
predicted. For as the years pass, and Europe is once again
engulfed in
war, Beata must watch in horror as Hitler’s terror threatens
her life
and family—even her eighteen-year-old daughter Amadea, who
has taken on
the vows of a Carmelite nun.
For Amadea, the convent
is no
refuge. As family and friends are swept away without a
trace, Amadea is
forced into hiding. Thus begins a harrowing journey of
survival, as she
escapes into the heart of the French Resistance. Here Amadea
will find
a renewed sense of purpose, taking on the most daring
missions behind
enemy lines. And it is here, in the darkest moments of fear,
that
Amadea will feel her mother’s loving strength—and that of
her mother’s
mother before her–as the voices of lost loved ones echo
powerfully in
her heart. And here, amid the fires of war, Amadea will meet an
extraordinary man, British secret agent Rupert Montgomery.
In Colonel
Montgomery, Amadea finds a man who will help her discover
her place in
an unbreakable chain between generations…and between her
lost family
and her dreams for the future—a future she is only just
beginning to
imagine: a future of hope rooted in the rich soil of the
past.
With
the grace of a master storyteller, Danielle Steel breathes
life into
history, creating a bold, sweeping tale filled with
unforgettable
characters and breathtaking images—from the elegant rituals
of Europe’s
prewar aristocracy to the brutal desperation of Germany’s
death camps.
Drawing us into a vanished world, Echoes weaves an intricate
tapestry
of a mother’s love, a daughter’s courage…and the unwavering
faith that
sustained them—even in history’s darkest hour.
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