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Ballantine Books
April 2016
On Sale: April 5, 2016
496 pages
ISBN: 1101883073
EAN: 9781101883075
Kindle: B011G3HI9U
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Women's Fiction | Women's Fiction Historical
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER β’ For readers of The Nightingale and Sarahβs Key, inspired by the life of a real World War II heroine, this remarkable debut novel reveals the power of unsung women to change history in their quest for love, freedom, and second chances. New York socialite Caroline Ferriday has her hands full with her post at the French consulate and a new love on the horizon. But Carolineβs world is forever changed when Hitlerβs army invades Poland in September 1939βand then sets its sights on France. An ocean away from Caroline, Kasia Kuzmerick, a Polish teenager, senses her carefree youth disappearing as she is drawn deeper into her role as courier for the underground resistance movement. In a tense atmosphere of watchful eyes and suspecting neighbors, one false move can have dire consequences. For the ambitious young German doctor, Herta Oberheuser, an ad for a government medical position seems her ticket out of a desolate life. Once hired, though, she finds herself trapped in a male-dominated realm of Nazi secrets and power. The lives of these three women are set on a collision course when the unthinkable happens and Kasia is sent to RavensbrΓΌck, the notorious Nazi concentration camp for women. Their stories cross continentsβfrom New York to Paris, Germany, and Polandβas Caroline and Kasia strive to bring justice to those whom history has forgotten.
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