Parade âBest Books of Summerâ pick * Real Simple pick * She Reads âBest WWII Fiction of Summer 2021â pick The New York Times bestselling author of the âheart-stopping tale of survival and heroismâ (People) The Book of Lost Names returns with an evocative coming-of-age World War II story about a young woman who uses her knowledge of the wilderness to help Jewish refugees escape the Nazisâuntil a secret from her past threatens everything. After being stolen from her wealthy German parents and raised in the unforgiving wilderness of eastern Europe, a young woman finds herself alone in 1941 after her kidnapper dies. Her solitary existence is interrupted, however, when she happens upon a group of Jews fleeing the Nazi terror. Stunned to learn whatâs happening in the outside world, she vows to teach the group all she can about surviving in the forestâand in turn, they teach her some surprising lessons about opening her heart after years of isolation. But when she is betrayed and escapes into a German-occupied village, her past and present come together in a shocking collision that could change everything. Inspired by incredible true stories of survival against staggering odds, and suffused with the journey-from-the-wilderness elements that made Where the Crawdads Sing a worldwide phenomenon, The Forest of Vanishing Stars is a heart-wrenching and suspenseful novel from the #1 internationally bestselling author whose writing has been hailed as âsweeping and magnificentâ (Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author), âimmersive and evocativeâ (Publishers Weekly), and âgrippingâ (Tampa Bay Times).
The Forest of Vanishing Stars: A Novel
4.1
sheryl
2022-10-14
Otroligt unik historia
chcarinahansen
2022-06-18
Boken bÀr en oerhört viktig historia som vi inte fÄr glömma! TyvÀrr kÀndes den mer som en sÀmre kopia av nÄgot vi fÄtt till oss mÄnga gÄnger tidigare. Den var för mig förutsÀgbar och platt. Eventuellt berodde bristen pÄ kÀnsla ocksÄ pÄ upplÀsaren.
Annika
2021-09-27
SpÀnnande historia och vÀlskriven