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A Light in the Window
- A Completely Gripping WW2 Historical Novel with a Heartbreaking Twist
- Narrated by: Stephanie Cannon
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
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Summary
Margarete stumbles out of the bombed-out house, the dust settling around her like snow. Mistaking her for the dead officer’s daughter, a guard rushes over to gently ask her if she is all right and whether there’s anything he can do to help her. She glances down at where the hated yellow star had once been, and with barely a pause, she replies “Yes”.
Berlin, 1941: Margarete Rosenbaum is working as a housemaid for a senior Nazi officer when his house is bombed, leaving her the only survivor. But when she’s mistaken for his daughter in the aftermath of the blast, Margarete knows she can make a bid for freedom....
Issued with temporary papers - and with the freedom of not being seen as Jewish - a few hours are all she needs to escape to relative safety. That is, until her former employer’s son, SS officer Wilhelm Huber, tracks her down.
But strangely he doesn’t reveal her true identity right away. Instead he insists she comes and lives with him in Paris, and seems determined to keep her hidden. His only proviso: She must continue to pretend to be his sister. Because whoever would suspect a Nazi girl of secretly being a Jew?
His plan seems impossible, and Margarete is terrified they might be found out, not to mention worried about what Wilhelm might want in return. But as the Nazis start rounding up Jews in Paris and the Résistance steps up its activities, putting everyone who opposes the regime in peril, she realizes staying hidden in plain sight may be her only chance of survival....
Can Margarete trust a Nazi officer with the only things she has left though...her safety, her life, even her heart?
A totally heartbreaking story about how far someone would go to save one life, that fans of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, The Nightingale, and All the Light We Cannot See will adore.
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- DC
- 28-05-24
Very Enjoyable
Really good story albeit it a little far fetched at times. I found my self questioning certain aspects of the story and asking myself could this really have happened? Could these Nazi's have been so stupid and so easily taken in by Margaret's "deceit"
On the whole though I really enjoyed it.
The Narrator was excellent.
I will certainly be reading book 2.
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- Cally
- 05-09-21
Entertaining but average
I love stories from this time period. I didn't struggle to finish this but the characters were not well developed and story line a bit thin. not bad but many better books in this genre out there!
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- Marigold
- 21-09-21
Excellent book written from an unusual angle
I loved the book and look forward to the next which I hope will inform me further. The plot was clever and woven into a very good story. I felt it opened my eyes as to the lengths to which the Jews had to go to hide. I really liked the style of the author.
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- Anonymous User
- 22-06-22
Really good
I was hooked from the beginning of this book. love the story and the narrator.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-06-24
boring wouldn't recommend
did not like this book. not sure how I managed to finish it. boring unrealistic storyline and unlikeable characters.
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- Eala
- 13-08-23
Utter Rubbish!
What an absolute waste of money! The plot is thin to non-existent and the characters are weak. To top it all, the narrator is wooden, toneless and totally devoid of emotion.
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