The Stolen Child

Name: The Stolen Child
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Roberta Kagan
ISBN: 9798765025581

Author: Roberta Kagan

Series: Jews, The Third Reich, and a Web of Secrets #2

Narrator: Alice Jones

Unabridged: 6 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/08/2022

Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Jewish Fiction

Synopsis

Hide Karl in plain sight. That was the idea. It was meant to be foolproof.

Who would think of finding an Aryan-looking Jewish child in the household of a high-ranking Nazi officer? What could possibly go wrong?

When four-year-old Karl, Kara's son, suddenly disappears, Kara's worst fear becomes her painful reality. Has someone seen through her cover?

An increasingly frustrating search for the missing boy ensues. Kara is succored by Oskar, an SS officer who would do anything to have Kara's love. His compassion is in stark contrast to his office's macabre nature.

As her world is turned upside down, the grim nature of the Third Reich becomes much more apparent to Kara. The rot has eaten deep into many German hearts, even that of her beloved sister Anka.

As a fog of fear and evil envelops Kara's life, the hope of a love she had always ached for stirs ever so slightly.

How far would one go to get a hold of what they so desperately want? Will Kara see her son ever again?

About Roberta Kagan

Roberta Kagan is an American novelist who primarily writes historical fiction, most notably set during World War II and the Holocaust, although she has featured other time periods and settings. Her fans have a particular fondness and appreciation for her World War II period books, such as All My Love Detrick and A Flicker of Light, which are inspirational stories of ordinary people caught up in extraordinary circumstances.

Her father was of Romany descent, and her mother was Jewish. Her childhood was quite unusual, as the family was wealthy until she was thirteen years old, when her father suffered a reversal of fortune in his business. The family went from being privileged to being poor in a matter of months, and Roberta learned some valuable lessons about true friendship and what really matters in life that have carried over into her books and short stories. The Romany teachings she received from her father have also had a significant impact on her writing, and several of her books feature Romany characters.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Shirley on August 18, 2021

Oskar's Deceit When book one ended Kara went to pick up Karl at the babysitters and both him and the babysitter were gone. Oskar, a Nazi officer and a friend of her sister Anka's husband, offered to help her find Karl. Oskar and Kara search for Karl and Kara becomes close to Oskar although she really s......more

Goodreads review by Toni on September 17, 2021

Jews, the Third Reich, and a Web of Secrets, Book 2 Ms. Kagan knows how to pen a story that will pull you in from the start and keeps you captive till you reached the conclusion ... then you are left there wondering what comes next...I never felt lost not knowing what had previously happened in “Her......more

Goodreads review by Constantine on December 28, 2021

Great story, albeit contrived, but there are too many errors in the language. It sometimes reads like a bad translation.......more

Goodreads review by Sierra on September 10, 2021

Oh my word, I don’t even know if I have enough words to describe how much I loved this book. I had to go buy the first one so I read it first, but this arc was such an amazing read for me. There were some disturbing things in it for sure, but the book is so well written. I couldn’t put it down, I th......more

Goodreads review by Lori on September 09, 2021

This is the second book in Roberta Kagan's trilogy, "Jews, The Third Reich, and a Web of Secrets". Though I find Kagan's style of writing elementary and somewhat redundant, constantly repeating a thought over and over in one paragraph after another I was invested in Kara and Karl's story after readi......more