Overture of Hope, Isabel Vincent
Overture of Hope, Isabel Vincent
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Overture of Hope
Two Sisters' Daring Plan that Saved Opera's Jewish Stars from the Third Reich

Author: Isabel Vincent

Narrator: Liisa Ivary

Unabridged: 8 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/13/2022


Synopsis

A secret aria of courage and suspenseEurope, 1937. Two British sisters: one a dowdy typist, the other a soon-to-be famous romance novelist. One shared passion for opera.With war clouds gathering and harassment increasing, the stars of Continental opera, many of whom are Jewish, face dark futures under the boot heel of the Nazis. What can two middle-aged British spinsters do about such matters? They can form a secret cabal right under Hitler’s nose and get to work saving lives. The sisters conspire to bring together worldwide opera aficionados and insiders in an international operation to rescue Jews in the opera from the horrific fate that everyone intuits is coming. By the time war does arrive, the Cooks and their operatives have plucked over two dozen Jewish men and women from the looming maw of the Holocaust and spirited them to safety in England.Packed with original research and vividly told with suspense, hope, and wonder by award-winning New York Post investigative journalist Isabel Vincent, this singular tale reveals many new details of the seemingly naïve and oblivious Cook sisters’ surreptitious bravery, daring, and passionate commitment as the two mount a successful rescue mission that saves dozens of lives and preserves the opera they love for another generation.

About Isabel Vincent

Isabel Vincent is a Canadian-born, New York-based investigative journalist for the New York Post and the author of five books of history and memoir, including Dinner with Edward.

About Liisa Ivary

Liisa Ivary loves to tell stories that take you on the characters’ journey. From theater to audiobooks to teaching, Liisa brings listeners along with humor, rigor, safety, and ease.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Steve

Isabel Vincent spent nearly four years traveling in Germany, Austria, Italy, England, the U.S., and Israel gathering material for this work, and has created an intriguing record of the actions of two women who stood on the side of morality during the Holocaust. Overture of Hope is the story of Ida an......more

Goodreads review by Julie

I was pleased to win this in a giveaway from the publishers, and equally pleased to read it. I started out with mixed feelings - like, “great they saved people, but why were only ‘stars’ worthy of this?” The answer to that is, they aren’t less worthy for being ‘important’, and you save who you can! T......more

Goodreads review by Andrea

3.5 ⭐️ — I saw a passing comment on social media about this book and listened on audio. I thought the audio was very well done and played a large part in keeping me engaged in the story of these two sisters and their efforts to help Jewish opera stars escape the Nazi regime.......more


Quotes

“A profoundly moving history of vision, courage, love, and commitment.” Blanche Wiesen Cook, nationally bestselling author of Eleanor Roosevelt