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A lush, multigenerational journey across time and continents, from 1920s Ohio to wartime France to modern-day Paris, where music, recipes and DNA reveal the stories they carry and the truths they can no longer hide. At the heart of the story is Audrey Dupré, a teenage piano prodigy who finds herself pregnant and exiled to Paris. Amid war and heartbreak, Audrey works in a vineyard in Beaune and as WWII ends, she is gifted four bottles of exquisite Burgundy. She opens each one at a defining moment in her long life.

In der Stadt der Liebe atmet sie die Luft der Freiheit – doch ein Sturm naht heran … Als Fleur Durand 1939 nach Paris kommt, erhofft sie sich einen Neuanfang. Über ihre tragische Vergangenheit hat sie einen Roman geschrieben, der das Interesse des großen Verlegers Maurice Mouret geweckt hat. Die Veröffentlichung soll ihr endlich das selbstbestimmte, freie Leben ermöglichen, das sie sich so lange gewünscht hat. Gleichzeitig findet sie in Maurice einen einfühlsamen Mann, der sie auf diesem Weg begleiten will.

Goodreads Editor’s Pick * Town & Country Best Book of Fall * Ms. Magazine Best Book * Most Anticipated: Autostraddle & Literary Hub "A favorite read of the year. The Salvage is a journey both eerie and inspiring to embark on.” —Chicago Review of Books It is 1962, and Marta Khoury, a...

In 1940s Italy, Ottie’s life is defined by family loyalty and the demands of her domineering father. Sent to work in a British munitions factory near Positano, she finds herself drawn to Hal, a soldier grappling with the horrors of war. As their forbidden love grows, Ottie is forced to confront the expectations of her family and the brutal realities of a country at war.

With tears in her eyes, Giulia listens out for bombers flying overhead. When Tori Coleman discovers that her mother was adopted, her whole world shatters. Just as Tori is getting closer to answers, an unexpected call from Jeremy stops her in her tracks.

Adelheid Brunner does not speak. She makes herself invisible, hiding in cupboards with her pet rat, Franz Joseph, listening in on conversations she can't fully comprehend. Then she meets Dr. Asperger, a man who lets children play all day and who recognizes the importance of matchboxes. When the Nazis march into the city, a new world is created and difficult choices must be made. Why are the clinic's children disappearing, and where do they go?

Toscane, 1944. Als de nazi's Italië binnenvallen, doet prinses Evelina Messina er alles aan om ze een warm welkom te geven in haar landhuis Villa Rosa. Tientallen jaren later bezoekt de Amerikaanse Annie Reynolds het in verval geraakte landgoed. Als Annie het dagboek vindt van de beruchte prinses Evelina Messina, waar veel pagina's zorgvuldig uit zijn weggesneden, begint ze te twijfelen aan het negatieve beeld van Evelina dat de dorpelingen schetsen.

Berlin. May 1945. A city without institutions in a continent that has become a wasteland. Thousands of former Nazis have been killed in Allied purges, and many more incarcerated in the very concentration camps they themselves established. But the British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, has a problem. One of those former Nazis is actually a British spy, Edward Kayne, who has intercepted a top-secret document that Churchill insists is vital to settling the peace.

It's 1942 and World War II looms over the lives of the Cooper family: a son in the fight whose pregnant Irish war bride arrives at their isolated Montana town; a son married to a Blackfeet woman whose return tears open racial tension just when people must work together for the war effort. Their father, Leo, a preacher and philosophizing beekeeper, models a vision for the community based on the society of the hives. His longtime friend, Jereldene "Doc" Jesperson, holds the valley together, curing bodies and tending souls.

Resistance operative Charlotte Denneau has critical targeting information for the Allies, and the Gestapo knows it. On the run across occupied France, she must prioritize her mission over the lives of the agents and civilians she needs to aid her escape. Germans are taking down Resistance networks with disastrous results. Agents are being arrested, tortured, questioned, and turned. Charlotte communicates in coded radio calls to London, well aware the enemy is always listening. More than anything, she must find a flight out—before the Nazis drag her to an interrogation chamber.

Midsommer meets All Quiet on the Western Front in this masterful blend of mystery, adventure, and folk-horror. In the midst of the First World War, a handful of allied POWs escape the torments of Germany’s most brutal internment camp only to find themselves stranded deep in the merciless wilderness of the Alps. The locals there are odd, and their traditions ancient. With hushed voices they whisper of a beast that roams the frozen mountains. They call it... The Sarvàn.

Danzig, late summer 1939. Elke, a young German woman, has everything—a loving family, a devoted husband, and a carefree seven-year-old son playing on the sun-drenched beaches. But in the blink of an eye, her world shatters as war breaks, engulfing her family and forever altering the course of her life. When her husband answers the call to serve in the German army, Elke is left alone to manage their small family farm.

“Gripping, horrifying, and surprisingly moving.” —Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train With over 250,000 copies sold, an award-winning WWII novel about the heroism of a single Finnish infantry company—and the best sniper the world has ever seen—defending their country against...

Berlin 1944: Die sechzehnjährige Mara Prager liebt den Film … und die Sterne. Eines Tages beobachtet sie einen echten Filmstar im Nachbarhaus und erfährt, dass dort die bekannten Musiker Bruno Balz und Michael Jary wohnen. Beinahe zeitgleich lernt sie den Verwaltungssoldaten Manfred und den Flakhelfer Helmut kennen, die ihre Leidenschaften teilen.

Set against the turbulent backdrop of the early 20th century, this sweeping saga follows the intertwined fates of three families, bound by love, a terrible crime, and the scars of war. Squadron Leader Robert Banster, an RAF pilot, is deeply in love with Elizabeth, a beautiful young woman he met in 1937. Their marriage is blissful—until war shatters their world. During the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940, Robert is shot down over France and taken prisoner, enduring the brutal hardships of a German POW camp.

The world is on fire in 1944, but safe within the confines of small Windsor, California, nineteen-year-old nurse Adina Robbins works alongside her father, Dr. Henry Robbins — a complex and fearful man who says little about his past. Adina yearns both for her father's approval and affection, and for more than the doldrums of her smalltown life.

Non è una di loro, Mallena. Un giorno di sedici anni prima è arrivata a Norolani insieme con Jubanne, cui è bastato un attimo per innamorarsi e che l'ha sposata per proteggerla da un destino che gravava su di lei come una condanna. Dovrebbero essere rivali, Mallena e Angelica, invece sono le due facce della stessa medaglia, entrambe spinte dal desiderio di libertà e indipendenza, entrambe tradite dalle persone che avrebbero dovuto proteggerle e vittime della quotidiana ingiustizia che il mondo sa riservare soprattutto alle donne.

This is the story of Daniel Lawrence, a rootless Englishman sent to Japan during the height of World War II. As Europe rages with violence, Daniel finds himself caught in a different kind of conflict – one of the heart. His lovely interpreter, Ayako, draws him in with her beauty and grace, but their love is threatened by the impending war. And when Pearl Harbor is attacked, everything changes.

It hides a family secret that could change the course of the war. Italy, 1930s. Tina lives in the crumbling castle of Montesecco with only her strict father and their maid, Allegra, for company. She’s never been allowed to ask questions about her mother, who died in childbirth. But the day Tina discovers a hidden, crumbling door, everything changes. Inside is an overgrown garden. Ivy and roses adorn the stone walls. Fresh water springs from a fountain and the scent of wild herbs fills the air. How did she never know this beautiful place existed?

2005, London. Living alone in her basement flat, Calliope desperately misses the sun-soaked olive groves of the Greek island home she left more than sixty years ago. When the letter postmarked from Crete lands on her doorstep, she is shocked to the core by what it says. Her twin sister is alive: We need to talk about what happened. Now Calliope must confess her lifetime of secrets to her beloved granddaughter Ella. She needs Ella’s help…