Saving Amelie, Cathy Gohlke
Saving Amelie, Cathy Gohlke
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Saving Amelie

Author: Cathy Gohlke

Narrator: Rachel Botchan

Unabridged: 14 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 07/08/2016


Synopsis

Increasingly wary of her father's genetic research, Rachel Kramer has determined that this trip with him to Germany-in the summer of 1939-will be her last. But a cryptic letter from her estranged friend, begging Rachel for help, changes everything. Married to SS officer Gerhardt Schlick, Kristine sees the dark tides turning and fears her husband views their daughter, Amelie, deaf since birth, as a blight on his Aryan bloodline. Once courted by Schlick, Rachel knows he's as dangerous as the swastikas that hang like ebony spiders from every government building in Berlin. She fears her father's files may hold answers about Hitler's plans for others, like Amelie, whom the regime deems "unworthy of life." She risks searching his classified documents only to uncover shocking secrets about her own history and a family she's never known. Now hunted by the SS, Rachel turns to Jason Young-a driven, disarming American journalist and unlikely ally-who connects her to the resistance and to controversial theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Forced into hiding, Rachel's every ideal is challenged as she and Jason walk a knife's edge, risking their lives-and asking others to do the same-for those they barely know but come to love.

About Cathy Gohlke

Cathy Gohlke is a Christy, Carol, and INSPY award-winning author who writes novels steeped with inspirational lessons from history. Her stories reveal how people break the chains that bind them and triumph over adversity through faith. When not traveling to historic sites for research, she and her husband, Dan, divide their time between northern Virginia and the Jersey Shore, enjoying time with their grown children and grandchildren. For more information, visit CathyGohlke.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Vanessa on August 31, 2021

4.5 stars Recently, I've been on a kick of WWII books. Saving Amelie seemed right up my alley, and oh man. It was. The first third of this book was honestly a little slow for me. There were so many different POVs that changed so often that I couldn't really connect with any of the characters. I also......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on April 15, 2015

Saving Amelie by Cathy Gohlke rivets you from the start. An exciting race of a story, built on the stories of two compelling women, so different in every way, yet more alike than they imagine. The plight of the handicapped in Nazi Germany comes to life in darling Amelie, shedding light on the danger......more

Goodreads review by Kellyn on December 09, 2020

Skimmed through the whole thing in 3 hours (12:30-3:00) last night ... or this morning, I suppose. :P I just had to know how it ended! Which mean this will be a reread for me soon-ish! xP I don't know how much I didn't pick up - probably a lot! I did miss out a lot on what the whole twin experiments......more

Goodreads review by Kerry on January 22, 2015

I'm still recovering from Cathy Gohlke's latest release, Saving Amelie. I mean this in the best possible way. I'm recovering from the tense, fast-paced plot, the living, breathing characters I came to care deeply about and didn't want to say goodbye to, and the painful truth of history weaving throu......more