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Lilac Girls
(2016)(The Lilac Girls of Ravensbruck)
(The first book in the Caroline Ferriday series)A novel by Martha Hall Kelly
The phenominal million-copy bestselling novel for fans of The Beekeeper of Aleppo and The Tattooist of Auschwitz . . .
'Harrowing ... Lilac illuminates' People
'A compelling, page-turning narrative' Fort Worth Star, Telegram
'A powerful story for readers everywhere ... I was moved to tears' San Francisco Book Review
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For three women living through World War II, the threat of war poses very separate issues - that is, until their lives become intertwined in the most tragic of circumstances.
New York socialite Caroline Ferriday has her hands full with her post at the French consulate and a new love on the horizon. But Caroline's world is forever changed when Hitler's army invades Poland in September 1939-and then sets its sights on France.
An ocean away from Caroline, Kasia Kuzmerick, a Polish teenager, senses her carefree youth disappearing as she is drawn deeper into her role as courier for the underground resistance movement. In a tense atmosphere of watchful eyes and suspecting neighbors, one false move can have dire consequences.
For the ambitious young German doctor, Herta Oberheuser, an ad for a government medical position seems her ticket out of a desolate life. Once hired, though, she finds herself trapped in a male-dominated realm of Nazi secrets and power.
The lives of these three women are set on a collision course when the unthinkable happens and Kasia is sent to Ravensbrück, the notorious Nazi concentration camp for women. Their stories cross continents-from New York to Paris, Germany, and Poland-as Caroline and Kasia strive to bring justice to those whom history has forgotten.
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More love for The Lilac Girls of Ravensbruck ...
'Martha Hall Kelly has woven together the stories of three women during World War II that reveal the bravery, cowardice, and cruelty of those days' Lisa See
'I can't remember the last time I read a novel that moved me so deeply' Beatriz Williams
'Lilac Girls is the best book I've read all year. It will haunt you' Jamie Ford
'This is a page-turner demonstrating the tests and triumphs civilians faced during war, complemented by Kelly's vivid depiction of history and excellent characters' Publishers Weekly
'Kelly vividly re-creates the world of Ravensbrück' Kirkus
Genre: Historical
'Harrowing ... Lilac illuminates' People
'A compelling, page-turning narrative' Fort Worth Star, Telegram
'A powerful story for readers everywhere ... I was moved to tears' San Francisco Book Review
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For three women living through World War II, the threat of war poses very separate issues - that is, until their lives become intertwined in the most tragic of circumstances.
New York socialite Caroline Ferriday has her hands full with her post at the French consulate and a new love on the horizon. But Caroline's world is forever changed when Hitler's army invades Poland in September 1939-and then sets its sights on France.
An ocean away from Caroline, Kasia Kuzmerick, a Polish teenager, senses her carefree youth disappearing as she is drawn deeper into her role as courier for the underground resistance movement. In a tense atmosphere of watchful eyes and suspecting neighbors, one false move can have dire consequences.
For the ambitious young German doctor, Herta Oberheuser, an ad for a government medical position seems her ticket out of a desolate life. Once hired, though, she finds herself trapped in a male-dominated realm of Nazi secrets and power.
The lives of these three women are set on a collision course when the unthinkable happens and Kasia is sent to Ravensbrück, the notorious Nazi concentration camp for women. Their stories cross continents-from New York to Paris, Germany, and Poland-as Caroline and Kasia strive to bring justice to those whom history has forgotten.
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More love for The Lilac Girls of Ravensbruck ...
'Martha Hall Kelly has woven together the stories of three women during World War II that reveal the bravery, cowardice, and cruelty of those days' Lisa See
'I can't remember the last time I read a novel that moved me so deeply' Beatriz Williams
'Lilac Girls is the best book I've read all year. It will haunt you' Jamie Ford
'This is a page-turner demonstrating the tests and triumphs civilians faced during war, complemented by Kelly's vivid depiction of history and excellent characters' Publishers Weekly
'Kelly vividly re-creates the world of Ravensbrück' Kirkus
Genre: Historical
Praise for this book
"Inspired by actual events and real people, Martha Hall Kelly has woven together the stories of three women during World War II that reveal the bravery, cowardice, and cruelty of those days. This is a part of history that should never be forgotten." - Lisa See
"ich with historical detail and riveting to the end, 'Lilac Girls' weaves the lives of three astonishing women into a story of extraordinary moral power set against the harrowing backdrop of Europe in thrall to Nazi Germany. Martha Hall Kelly moves effortlessly across physical and ethical battlegrounds, across the trajectory of a doomed wartime romance, across the territory of the soul. I can t remember the last time I read a novel that moved me so deeply." - Beatriz Williams
"ich with historical detail and riveting to the end, 'Lilac Girls' weaves the lives of three astonishing women into a story of extraordinary moral power set against the harrowing backdrop of Europe in thrall to Nazi Germany. Martha Hall Kelly moves effortlessly across physical and ethical battlegrounds, across the trajectory of a doomed wartime romance, across the territory of the soul. I can t remember the last time I read a novel that moved me so deeply." - Beatriz Williams
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