More information about the author, Eoin Dempsey. If you love historical fiction, don’t miss this one! But these were minor concerns in the midst of a completely absorbing read. And when he uses dialog to supply information, it doesn’t always come across as believable. When a character is relating his or her own deeply personal back story, it should not read as an detached third person account. And, of course, what novel of World War II would be complete without the life-threatening presence of the Gestapo? Eoin DempseyĪs a writer, Dempsey still has some things to learn. And some of the close connections Franka made as a naive teenager return. But the question that becomes central is: How can two strangers create mutual trust in the middle of a savage war? Especially when one is vulnerable and dependent upon the other.Īlong the way, readers witness the impact deprivation, shortages, and suspicions have on everyday life. The plot contains a satisfying number of surprising twists and turns, which I certainly will not give away. In the mountain regions south of Bologna, Liliana Nicoletti’s family finds escaped POW James Foley behind German lines. That’s the premise for a 260-page novel that I virtually inhaled over 36 hours (only because I had to sleep). Against the backdrop of WWII-ravaged Italy comes a powerful and emotional novel of love, survival, justice, and second chances by the bestselling author of White Rose, Black Forest. But almost immediately she begins to suspect the airman is not who he seems. At her parents’ remote summer house, a chance encounter with an injured Luftwaffe airman forces Franka, a trained nurse, into the role of caretaker. Franka Gerber, who came of age in the 1930s as a ardent member of the Hitler Youth movement, has now suffered life-altering losses and feels she has little to live for. In 1943, not everyone living in Germany supports the Nazi regime.
I will definitely be looking to read Eoin (pronounced Owen) Dempsey’s other novels. But when it turns out that he is not who he seems, Franka begins a race against time to unravel the mystery of the airman's true identity Cataloging source StDuBDS Dempsey, Eoin Dewey number 813.6 Form of composition not applicable Format of music not applicable LC call number PR6104.An intensely suspenseful book from an Irish-born American author, set in Germany during World War II. Unwilling to let him die, Franka takes him to her family's isolated cabin despite her hatred for the regime he represents. That is, until she discovers an unconscious airman lying in the snow wearing a Luftwaffe uniform, his parachute flapping in the wind.
Fervor and brutality have swept through her homeland, taking away both her father and her brother and leaving her with no reason to live. Now, as deep drifts of snow blanket the Black Forest, German dissenter Franka Gerber is alone and hopeless. In the years before the rise of Hitler, the Gerber family's summer cottage was filled with laughter.
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