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The Rabbit Girls

Audible’s Debut of the Year 2019

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Audible UK's Debut of the Year 2019

Berlin, 1989. As the wall between East and West falls, Miriam Winter cares for her dying father, Henryk. When he cries out for someone named Frieda - and Miriam discovers an Auschwitz tattoo hidden under his watch strap - Henryk’s secret history begins to unravel.

Searching for more clues of her father’s past, Miriam finds an inmate uniform from the Ravensbrück women’s camp concealed among her mother’s things. Within its seams are dozens of letters to Henryk written by Frieda. The letters reveal the disturbing truth about the ‘Rabbit Girls’, young women experimented on at the camp. And amid their tales of sacrifice and endurance, Miriam pieces together a love story that has been hidden away in Henryk’s heart for almost 50 years.

Inspired by these extraordinary women, Miriam strives to break through the walls she has built around herself. Because even in the darkest of times, hope can survive.

©2019 Anna Ellory (P)2019 Audible, Ltd 20th Century Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction War & Military Women's Fiction Heartfelt Emotionally Gripping Inspiring Scary Tear-jerking Thought-Provoking Military

A note to our listeners

Once the Audible team had read Anna Ellory’s debut novel The Rabbit Girls there was no question that this was a story we wanted to share with members. Dramatic, heart-breaking and beautifully written; the power of the story has only been heightened by Gemma Arterton and Simon Callow’s astounding narration.

We follow Miriam in a dual narrative as she learns more about the 'Frieda' her father calls out for and her parents' war-time love story, alongside the pain and terror Miriam herself faces daily at the hands of her abusive husband. Entwined in the sadness of both stories are glimmers of hope, sisterly solidarity and friendship.
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Really enjoyed listening to this book bit slow at the start but once it got going I couldn’t put it down

Excellent

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Thoroughly enjoyed this extremely well written book. It is a harrowing tale of the desperation of living in Nazi Germany.

Superb

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This takes a little getting into but is worth persevering with. If it was a physical book you’d say it was a real page turner. A many layered story that you definitely don’t want to drift off to and forget where you were.
The delicious voice of Simon Callow is a delight and his beautiful pronunciation is so appreciated.

Worth persevering to a gripping storyline

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Overall i quite enjoyed this book although it was hard to listen to because of the content.
But the feature which drove me mad was the male voice of Hendrick .. i experienced it as weak. Shaky. Strange intonation. Spoilt the book for me to be honest

Drove me mad

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I loved this book the characters were superbly drawn, I couldn't stop listening . The description of the abuse suffered by Miriam was graphic and utterly compelling as were the stories of the women at Ravensbruk . Brilliant narrators the last words spoken by Simon Callow made me cry. Bravo to the author and to audible for the production.

Compelling

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