The Secrets We Left Behind, Soraya M. Lane
The Secrets We Left Behind, Soraya M. Lane
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The Secrets We Left Behind

Author: Soraya M. Lane

Narrator: Elizabeth Knowelden

Unabridged: 9 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/20/2021

Synopsis

How far will they go for family, friendship, and love?Occupied France, 1940. When the staff at a field hospital draw straws to find out who will join the evacuation from Dunkirk, Nurse Cate is left behind. But when the Nazis arrive to claim prisoners of war, she takes her chance and flees into the night, taking one patient with her.Fifty miles away, the surrendering soldiers of the Royal Norfolk Regiment are shot dead by the advancing Germans. Beneath the pile of bodies two men survive, crawling to the safety of a nearby farmhouse, where sisters Elise and Adelaide risk their lives to take them in. When Cate, too, arrives at their door with her injured soldier, the pressure mounts.The sisters are risking everything to keep their visitors safe. But with the Nazis coming ever closer and relationships in the farmhouse intensifying, they must all question the sacrifices they are willing to make for the lives of others. How far will they go for family, friendship, and love?

About Soraya M. Lane

Soraya M. Lane graduated with a law degree before realizing that law wasn’t the career for her and that her future was in writing. She is the author of historical and contemporary women’s fiction, and her novel Wives of War was an Amazon Charts bestseller. Soraya lives on a small farm in her native New Zealand with her husband, their two young sons, and a collection of four-legged friends. When she’s not writing, she loves to be outside playing make-believe with her children or snuggled up inside reading. For more information about Soraya and her books, visit www.sorayalane.com or www.facebook.com/SorayaLaneAuthor, or follow her on Twitter: @Soraya_Lane.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tina on May 03, 2021

A powerful, and very emotional story of survival during World War II This is my first book by this author and I was blown away by her writing! She wrote this novel during Covid19 lockdown in New Zealand. Wow, something wonderful that has come out of lockdown! This is basically the story of three very......more

Goodreads review by Marilyn (not getting notifications) on May 26, 2021

I was able to read The Secrets We Left Behind by Soraya M. Lane on kindle unlimited with audible narration by Elizabeth Knowelden. This was the first book I have read by Soraya M. Lane and I have to say that I was very impressed with both her writing and her research. Author Soraya M. Lane found her......more

Goodreads review by Karren on June 23, 2021

France, 1940. Planes are flying overhead, they can hear gun fire and the sound of running men and they know Germans are getting closer. The British army are retreating, the French army are trying to hold the Germans off as long as possible and they desperately need to get to Dunkirk. The British med......more

Goodreads review by Linda on May 19, 2021

Soraya M. Lane, the author of “The Secrets We Left Behind” has written a captivating, intriguing, and intense novel. The genre for this novel is historical fiction. The author has based many true facts in this amazing novel. The timeline for this story is 1940- 1946 and goes to the past when it pert......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on April 03, 2021

The Secrets We Left Behind by Soraya Lane is an excellent WWII-era historical fiction that really kept me on the edge of my seat...and was well worth it! I have been a huge fan of Ms. Lane for quite some time and have read ALL of her books. So, of course I had to read her newest addition. I loved thi......more

Quotes

“I became so easily immersed in Soraya’s poignant, vibrant, visual story, The Secrets We Left Behind. The inhumanity of war, and the humanity of strangers who become friends, lovers, and heroes who selflessly risk everything for each other, kept me absorbed until the emotional, rewarding, uplifting end. I loved this novel!” —Carol Mason, bestselling author of After You Left and Little White Secrets“A heartbreakingly beautiful tale of bravery and friendship. The cast of strong women…will stay in her readers’ minds and hearts long after the last page.” —Alison Ragsdale, bestselling author of Her Last Chance and Dignity and Grace“A story of trust, friendship, and love tested under the most frightening of circumstances—a page-turner, start to finish.” —Peggy Lampman, bestselling author of The Promise Kitchen and The Welcome Home Diner

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