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  • The Girl Who Escaped

  • By: Angela Petch
  • Narrated by: Katie Villa
  • Length: 12 hrs and 36 mins
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The Girl Who Escaped

By: Angela Petch
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Summary

Italy, 1940. The girl sobs and rages as her father tells her the terrible news. “Italy is entering the war alongside Germany. Jews are to be arrested and sent to camps. We have to be ready.”

As fascists march across the cobbled piazzas and past the towered buildings of her beloved home city, 20-year-old Devora’s worst fears come true. Along with her Jewish parents and twin little brothers they are torn away from everything they love and sent to an internment camp huddled in the mountains. Her father promises this war will not last long....

When they are offered a miraculous chance of escape by her childhood friend Luigi, who risks everything to smuggle vital information into the camp, the family clambers under barbed wire and races for the border. But Devora is forced to make a devastating choice between saving a stranger’s life and joining her parents. As shots fire in the moonless night, the family is separated.

Haunted by the question of whether they are dead or alive, all Devora can do for their future is throw herself into helping Luigi in the Italian resistenza in the fight for liberty. But posing as a maid for a German commander to gather secret intelligence, Devora is sure she sees her friend one night, in a Nazi uniform....

Is Devora in more danger than ever? And will her family ever be reunited–or will the war tear them apart?

An absolutely devastating but ultimately uplifting historical novel about how love and hope can get us through the darkest times. Perfect for fans of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Rhys Bowen, and Soraya M. Lane.

©2023 Angela Petch (P)2023 Bookouture, an imprint of Storyfire Ltd.
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Bravery in the face of adversity

A lot of research has gone into this novel, this is obvious in the details. I loved reading how the resistance brought down the nazi’s. I shed tears of sadness when reading of the ‘lost’ family and how the survivors must have grieved especially as they had no closure. I was overcome by the courage shown by the Jews. The trust and commitment, the fight for freedom and patriotism shown for their beloved country

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Excellent!!! History of the Jews in Italy WWii

Loved this book, the history. I am now looking at visiting some of the places next year.. exceptional research into the plight of the freedom fighters and people who were against fascist rule and risked their lives to help people escape..

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