Clayton Meg Waite
Clayton Meg Waite - The Last Train To London A Novel - Paperback
Clayton Meg Waite - The Last Train To London A Novel - Paperback
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Description: National Bestseller A Historical Novels Review Editors Choice A Jewish Book Award Finalist An absolutely fascinating beautifully rendered story of love loss and heroism in the dark days leading up to World War II . A glowing portrait of women rising up against impossible odds to save children. Kristin Hannah New York Times bestselling author of The Great Alone and The Nightingale The New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Exiles conjures her best novel yet a pre - World War II - era story with the emotional resonance of Orphan Train and All the Light We Cannot See centering on the Kindertransports that carried thousands of children out of Nazi - occupied Europe and one brave woman who helped them escape to safety. In 1936, the Nazi are little more than loud brutish bores to fifteen - year old Stephan Neuman the son of a wealthy and influential Jewish family and budding playwright whose playground extends from Vienna's streets to its intricate underground tunnels. Stephan's best friend and companion is the brilliant ofie - Helene a Christian girl whose mother edits a progressive anti - Nazi newspaper. But the two adolescents carefree innocence is shattered when the Nazis take control. There is hope in the darkness though. Truus Wijsmuller a member of the Dutch resistance risks her life smuggling Jewish children out of Nazi Germany to the nations that will take them. It is a mission that becomes even more dangerous after the Anschluss Hitler's annexation of Austria as across Europe countries close their borders to the growing number of refugees desperate to escape. Tante Truus as she is known is determined to save as many children as she can. After Britain passes a measure to take in at - risk child refugees from the German Reich she dares to approach Adolf Eichmann the man who would later help devise the Final Solution to the Jewish Question in a race against time to bring children like Stephan his young brother Walter and ofie - Helene on a perilous journey to an uncertain future abroad.
Title: The Last Train To London A Novel
Author(s): Clayton Meg Waite
Publisher: Harpercollins Publishers Inc
Barcode: 9780062946942
Pages: 480 Pages
Publication Date: 6/16/2020
Category: Religious & Spiritual Fiction
Description: National Bestseller A Historical Novels Review Editors Choice A Jewish Book Award Finalist An absolutely fascinating beautifully rendered story of love loss and heroism in the dark days leading up to World War II . A glowing portrait of women rising up against impossible odds to save children. Kristin Hannah New York Times bestselling author of The Great Alone and The Nightingale The New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Exiles conjures her best novel yet a pre - World War II - era story with the emotional resonance of Orphan Train and All the Light We Cannot See centering on the Kindertransports that carried thousands of children out of Nazi - occupied Europe and one brave woman who helped them escape to safety. In 1936, the Nazi are little more than loud brutish bores to fifteen - year old Stephan Neuman the son of a wealthy and influential Jewish family and budding playwright whose playground extends from Vienna's streets to its intricate underground tunnels. Stephan's best friend and companion is the brilliant ofie - Helene a Christian girl whose mother edits a progressive anti - Nazi newspaper. But the two adolescents carefree innocence is shattered when the Nazis take control. There is hope in the darkness though. Truus Wijsmuller a member of the Dutch resistance risks her life smuggling Jewish children out of Nazi Germany to the nations that will take them. It is a mission that becomes even more dangerous after the Anschluss Hitler's annexation of Austria as across Europe countries close their borders to the growing number of refugees desperate to escape. Tante Truus as she is known is determined to save as many children as she can. After Britain passes a measure to take in at - risk child refugees from the German Reich she dares to approach Adolf Eichmann the man who would later help devise the Final Solution to the Jewish Question in a race against time to bring children like Stephan his young brother Walter and ofie - Helene on a perilous journey to an uncertain future abroad.
Title: The Last Train To London A Novel
Author(s): Clayton Meg Waite
Publisher: Harpercollins Publishers Inc
Barcode: 9780062946942
Pages: 480 Pages
Publication Date: 6/16/2020
Category: Religious & Spiritual Fiction
