Surviving the Fatherland, Annette Oppenlander
Surviving the Fatherland, Annette Oppenlander
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Surviving the Fatherland
A True Coming-of-age Love Story Set in WWII Germany

Author: Annette Oppenlander

Narrator: Naomi Jacobson

Unabridged: 19 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/21/2017

Synopsis

Awards2017 National Indie Excellence Award - Chill with a Book Readers' Award - Readers' Favorite Book Award - 2018 Indie B.R.A.G. Award Honoree - Finalist 2017 Kindle Book Awards - 2019 Global eBook Award Gold - Discovered Diamond Historical Novel"This book needs to join the ranks of the classic survivor stories of WWII such as "Diary of Anne Frank" and "Man's Search for Meaning". It is truly that amazing!" InD'taleMagazine"This novel is fast-paced and emotively worded and features a great selection of characters, flawed and poignantly three-dimensional." Historical Novel SocietySpanning thirteen years from 1940 to 1953 and set against the epic panorama of WWII, author Annette Oppenlander's SURVIVING THE FATHERLAND is a sweeping saga of family, love, and betrayal that illuminates an intimate part of history seldom seen: the children's war.SURVIVING THE FATHERLAND tells the true and heart-wrenching stories of Lilly and Günter struggling with the terror-filled reality of life in the Third Reich, each embarking on their own dangerous path toward survival, freedom, and ultimately each other. Based on the author's own family and anchored in historical facts, this story celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the strength of war children.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bill

A fascinating true story about a German family trying to survive the war and years after. Lilly is a young child struggling with an unloving mother and the loss of her father, who has left to fight. There is no time for a normal childhood. The family are scraping an existence unable to put food on t......more

Goodreads review by Jara

This is the most intense book that I have read, do I believe it, I most certainly do, both my parents are survivors of the war that was supposed to end all wars, my Mother spent 2 years in a concentration camp, and why because a maniac took over Germany and then just about destroyed, not caring what......more

Goodreads review by Kaycee

One of my favorite genres to read is historical fiction. I don’t know why, but within this category I seem to gravitate toward World War II fiction in particular. The stories of heartbreak, resilience, and coming of age, despite so many obstacles always manages to pull on my heart strings. Netgalley......more

Goodreads review by Dr.J.G.

To begin with, the title is false and fraudulent. The title, and the cover too, suggests, vaguely, survival of those that suffered the doings of the regime. But startlingly, as one realises somewhere along the line, one has been very cleverly, deliberately misled. It's not about the Jews or the resis......more

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