As seen in the New York Times Book Review.
A December 2019 Indie Next Pick!
Set against the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials of 1963, Annette Hessâs international bestseller is a harrowing yet ultimately uplifting coming-of-age story about a young female translatorâcaught between societal and familial expectations and her unique ability to speak truth to powerâas she fights to expose the dark truths of her nationâs past.
If everything your family told you was a lie, how far would you go to uncover the truth?
For twenty-four-year-old Eva Bruhns, World War II is a foggy childhood memory. At the warâs end, Frankfurt was a smoldering ruin, severely damaged by the Allied bombings. But that was two decades ago. Now it is 1963, and the cityâs streets, once cratered are smooth and paved. Shiny new stores replace scorched rubble. Eager for her wealthy suitor, Jürgen Schoormann, to propose, Eva dreams of starting a new life away from her parents and sister. But Evaâs plans are turned upside down when a fiery investigator, David Miller, hires her as a translator for a war crimes trial.
As she becomes more deeply involved in the Frankfurt Trials, Eva begins to question her familyâs silence on the war and her future. Why do her parents refuse to talk about what happened? What are they hiding? Does she really love Jürgen and will she be happy as a housewife? Though it means going against the wishes of her family and her lover, Eva, propelled by her own conscience , joins a team of fiery prosecutors determined to bring the Nazis to justiceâa decision that will help change the present and the past of her nation.
Translated from the German by Elisabeth Lauffer
Categories:
- Literature & Fiction
- Historical Fiction
- 20th Century
- World War II & Holocaust
- 20th Century
- Historical Fiction
Publisher : HarperVia
Author : Hess, Annette
Language : English
Published :2020-05-05
Number Of Pages : 336
Binding : paperback
ISBN-10 : 0063042924
ISBN-13 : 9780063042926
Item weight : 0.82 lb
Dimensions : 1.18 in x 4.41 in x 8.9 in
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