The Secret Letter
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Narrated by:
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Jacqueline King
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Debbie Rix
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Germany, 1939. A tumbledown farmhouse, on the outskirts of a close-knit village in the heart of the rolling hills of Bavaria. A once happy family home torn apart by Nazi rule. And one young girl who refuses to give up on what she believes in....
London, 2018: When 94-year-old Imogen receives a letter addressed to her in neat, unfamiliar handwriting, she notices the postmark is stamped from Germany - and it sends shivers down her spine....
Germany, 1939: Thirteen-year-old Magda is devastated by the loss of her best friend, shy and gentle Lotte, cruelly snatched from her and sent to a concentration camp – the Star of David sewn on her faded, brown coat. As the Nazi’s power takes hold, Magda realises she’s not like the other girls in her German village - she hates the fanatical new rules of the Hitler Youth. So Magda secretly joins The White Rose Movement and begins to rebel against the oppressive, frightening world around her.
But when an English bomber pilot crashes in a field near Magda’s home she is faced with an impossible choice: to risk the safety of her family or to save a stranger and make a difference in the devastating war that has claimed the lives of so many. Little does she know, her actions will have the power to change the life of another girl, on the other side of enemy lines, forever....
Inspired by a true story, this is a heart-wrenching, gripping and absolutely unforgettable tale of the strength of human kindness in a time of unimaginable heartbreak. Fans of Orphan Train, The Tattooist of Auschwitz and The Book Thief will be utterly gripped by this beautiful, sweeping, World War Two novel.
©2019 Debbie Rix (P)2019 Audible, LtdA memorable story of living during wartime
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Two teenage girls similar ages, one in Newcastle upon Tyne England the other on a dairy farm in rural Germany, both experiencing the war with their family, one gets evacuated and we follow her journey as she does her education elsewhere then goes on to a career in the naval intelligence unit, the other has to stay put with her family working on the farm.
Their lives are very different but intertwined in a beautiful way.
I loved how they come together towards the end of the book.
Beautiful narration throughout, the different character voices are fantastically done.
Looking forward to more from Debbie Rix.
Five stars from me.
Rollercoaster of Emotions
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Excellent
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Great story!
Keep with it as the ending is rather nice
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This is a great book with a fascinating plot, written from both the German and British sides.
I particularly like to know more from the German side as there is so much that we didn’t know about the resistance groups in Nazi Germany and what life was like for the normal German citizen during the Nazi regime.
I would also recommend People like us by Louise Fein as a great book written about WW2 from the German perspective of a young girl growing up in the 1930’s
Jacqueline King’s narration was exemplary her accents and male and female voices were extremely good. She made that link between book and film screen in my head, which is the makings of a talented narrator.
German and British saga during WW2
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