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Takis Würger erzählt mit Tempo und Wucht die Geschichte einer Liebe im Jahr 1942. Berlin im Jahr 1942. Eine Geschichte über Angst und Hoffnung - und über die Entscheidung, sich selbst zu verraten oder seine Liebe. Eine Geschichte, die auf wahren Begebenheiten beruht. Friedrich kommt aus gut behütetem Haus vom Genfer See nach Berlin, ein stiller Mann auf der Suche nach der Wahrheit. In einer Kunstschule trifft er Kristin. Sie nimmt Friedrich mit in ihre Nächte in geheimen Jazzclubs. Sie trinkt Kognak mit ihm und gibt ihm seinen ersten Kuss. Bei ihr kann er sich einbilden, der Krieg sei weit weg.

From the internationally bestselling author of The Club comes a new novel of love and betrayal, set in Berlin in 1942 In 1942, Friedrich, an even-keeled but unworldly young man, arrives in Berlin from bucolic Switzerland with dreams of becoming an artist. At a life drawing class, he is...

1942. Sadie Gault ha diciotto anni e vive insieme ai genitori nel ghetto di Cracovia. Quando i nazisti rastrellano la città, Sadie e la madre, incinta, sono costrette a cercare rifugio nelle fogne. Ha così inizio per loro un lungo periodo di terrore, trascorso al buio nel sottosuolo. Un giorno Sadie alza lo sguardo e, attraverso una grata, vede una ragazza della sua età che compra dei fiori.

It's been a year since Stella Bled Lawrence and her husband, Nicky, escaped Italy by the skin of their teeth and a lot has changed. Nicky joined the Royal Air Force and Stella spent the year training as a spy for His Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service. She has the languages and the tradecraft down pat, but she still has a way to go when the earl of Bickford pulls her from her training early.

November, 1938. It began in Vienna, after a night of fire and fear. Stella Bled Lawrence made a promise and she kept it. But the job isn't done. Abel Hershmann's cousins, unaware of the danger, are heading to Venice in search of him and the family secret he carried. Stella and her husband, Nicky, follow, intent on warning them. But things don't go to plan.

The audiobook tells the story of Stella Fortuna, born into rural poverty in a mountainside Calabrian village in the early 20th century. After being abandoned by their father, who had left to seek his fortune in L'America, Stella grew up with her beloved mother, Assunta, her brother, Giuseppe, and her sister, Tina. Tough, vivacious, and fiercely loyal, the sisters were always inseparable, going on to support each other through immigration, marriage, children, loss - and the seven (or eight, depending how you count them) near-death experiences Stella suffered throughout her life.