Book Synopsis:
Rumours of the Nazis coming for Czech children swept through the villages like a breeze through the trees, and the story was always the same…They wanted our children to raise as their own.
Since her husband, Josef, joined the Czech resistance three years ago, Anna Dankova has done everything possible to keep her daughter, Ema, safe. But when blonde haired, blue-eyed Ema is ripped from her mother’s arms in the local marketplace by the dreaded Brown Sisters, nurses who were dedicated to Hitler’s cause, Anna is forced to go to new extremes to take back what the Nazis have stolen from her.
Going undercover as a devoted German subject eager to prove her worth to the Reich, the former actress takes on a role of a lifetime to find and save her daughter. But getting close to Ema is one thing. Convincing her that the Germans are lying when they claim Anna stole her from her true parents is another…
My Review:
Wow this was an amazing book! It was very emotional and super gripping that it was hard to put down.
Firstly as a parent myself I found this book incredibly heartbreaking to read at times. I have no idea how I’d cope or what I’d do in a similar situation so I read this with a fair degree of trepidation and dread. How people could treat children like that is beyond me and I often found myself wishing I could somehow get into the book to give them all a huge hug .
The author has clearly done her research and I soon found myself drawn into the story, experiencing everything alongside the characters. I found it fascinating to learn more about the Brown Sister’s and their twisted cause. It was also interesting to find out more about the inner workings of the third Reich from a new recruits point of view.
Overall I really liked this book and look forward to reading more from this author in future. The story gripped me from the start and I found it very hard to put down as I needed to find out what happens next.
Huge thanks to Rachel from Rachel’s Random Resources for inviting me onto the blog tour and to the publisher for my copy of this book.
About The Author:
Andie Newton is the USA Today bestselling author of The Girls from the Beach, The Girl from Vichy, and The Girl I Left Behind.
She writes gritty and emotional war stories about strong women. Andie holds a bachelor’s degree in history and a master’s in teaching. She lives in the beautiful Pacific Northwest with her husband, her two boys, and one very lazy cat.
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