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Cry of the Heart: A World War II Novel
She gave away her child to save his life. Another woman took him in, at risk to herself.
Viviane Renaud is a young mother living on the French Riviera in the Second World War. Times are hard but she is not the sort to be dismayed by circumstances. One day her life changes forever. A young Jewish woman, fleeing from the authorities, begs her to take care of her four year old boy, David. Almost without thinking, Viviane agrees.
Viviane’s life is never the same again. She fabricates a story to explain how David came to be with her and must tip-toe around the suspicions of her neighbours, her friends and most of all her mother and sister. She and her husband, Alain, find allies in unlikely places, particularly an American woman, Dorothy Pine.
But then, the world crashes around them. Threatened by Allied military success, Hitler sends the German army to occupy the south of France. With them come the SS and the Gestapo. The peril for Jews and for those, like Viviane, who hide them, appears overwhelming. The challenge for them now is to survive.
Viviane Renaud is a young mother living on the French Riviera in the Second World War. Times are hard but she is not the sort to be dismayed by circumstances. One day her life changes forever. A young Jewish woman, fleeing from the authorities, begs her to take care of her four year old boy, David. Almost without thinking, Viviane agrees.
Viviane’s life is never the same again. She fabricates a story to explain how David came to be with her and must tip-toe around the suspicions of her neighbours, her friends and most of all her mother and sister. She and her husband, Alain, find allies in unlikely places, particularly an American woman, Dorothy Pine.
But then, the world crashes around them. Threatened by Allied military success, Hitler sends the German army to occupy the south of France. With them come the SS and the Gestapo. The peril for Jews and for those, like Viviane, who hide them, appears overwhelming. The challenge for them now is to survive.
526 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 18, 2019
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About the author
Martin Lake
42 books148 followersHello, I'm Martin Lake. I've been writing fiction since the age of eleven when our inventive English teacher Mr Johnson asked us to imagine that we were a Guy on a Guy Fawkes bonfire. I discovered the thrill of words and character.
My favourite authors when I was young were historical novelists like Rosemary Sutcliff and Henry Treece and a galaxy of science fiction writers. Later on I discovered the Flashman novels by George McDonald Fraser which I still consider the best of historical fiction.
I studied English Literature and History at UEA.
I have written all my life and had my first success with another story about 5th November, 'The Guy Fawkes Contest.' This was broadcast on radio and I spent more than my fee on celebrating my success.
Then one morning; revelation. I love writing and I love history. I decided to combine the two and wrote a novel about the Elizabethan spy network. There was some interest in this from publishers but not enough and it languishes still in a drawer.
I had a bad accident and could no longer drive nor turn over a paper-back book without dropping it and having to ask my wife to pick it up. My wife bought me an e-reader and shortly afterwards I discovered that I could self-publish my novels.
That was it. My life-long ambition was about to take off.
I have a series of novels set in the years following the Norman Invasion of England: The Flame of Resistance, Triumph and Catastrophe, Blood of Ironside and In Search of Glory.
I have also written four novels about the Viking Invasions of England: Wolves of War, To the Death, Land of Blood and Water and Blood Enemy.
Outcasts is about the fall of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Third Crusade.
ALove Most Dangerous and the sequel Very Like a Queen tell the tale of Alice Petherton, a mistress of King Henry VIII.
I have four World War Two novels: Cry of the Heart and Ties of the Heart and Brave, Bold Spirit and The Turn of the Tide.
You can find my blog at martinlakewriting.wordpress.com
Twitter @martinlake14.
Email: martinlake14@gmail.com
My favourite authors when I was young were historical novelists like Rosemary Sutcliff and Henry Treece and a galaxy of science fiction writers. Later on I discovered the Flashman novels by George McDonald Fraser which I still consider the best of historical fiction.
I studied English Literature and History at UEA.
I have written all my life and had my first success with another story about 5th November, 'The Guy Fawkes Contest.' This was broadcast on radio and I spent more than my fee on celebrating my success.
Then one morning; revelation. I love writing and I love history. I decided to combine the two and wrote a novel about the Elizabethan spy network. There was some interest in this from publishers but not enough and it languishes still in a drawer.
I had a bad accident and could no longer drive nor turn over a paper-back book without dropping it and having to ask my wife to pick it up. My wife bought me an e-reader and shortly afterwards I discovered that I could self-publish my novels.
That was it. My life-long ambition was about to take off.
I have a series of novels set in the years following the Norman Invasion of England: The Flame of Resistance, Triumph and Catastrophe, Blood of Ironside and In Search of Glory.
I have also written four novels about the Viking Invasions of England: Wolves of War, To the Death, Land of Blood and Water and Blood Enemy.
Outcasts is about the fall of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Third Crusade.
ALove Most Dangerous and the sequel Very Like a Queen tell the tale of Alice Petherton, a mistress of King Henry VIII.
I have four World War Two novels: Cry of the Heart and Ties of the Heart and Brave, Bold Spirit and The Turn of the Tide.
You can find my blog at martinlakewriting.wordpress.com
Twitter @martinlake14.
Email: martinlake14@gmail.com
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October 20, 2019
Cry of the Heart is by Martin Lake. This WWII novel is based on a true story where a Jewish Mother was forced to give her tiny child to a stranger to keep her child alive while she was taken to the death camps. Luckily, she survived to return for her child. When Martin Lake heard the story and decided to write a book concerning this incident, he began to wonder what would the stranger who took in the child think when asked and what would make her take the child when it could easily mean her own death. Also, he wondered what was going through the Mother’s mind as she came to this hard decision. He also wondered what went trough their minds when the Mother returned to get her child. It was from this incident that he created this wonderful story.
The story tears at your heart at the beginning when Vivienne was approached by a stranger and asked to take in her child, David. Vivienne knew that the boy was Jewish and knew that it would be difficult to hide him from everyone. If he lived as her child, she had to quickly come up with a plausible story as to why the boy was with her. She also knew that she would immediately be putting her own child, Celeste in danger simply by having the boy. Yet, how could she refuse.
Once she had taken David in, she would be forced to face her Mother and Sister who were always against her as well as Alain, her partner who was part Gypsy. Her Mother and sister were against her in part because she was not married to Alain; but it is obvious that there are other reasons. Her Father was the only reason she even tried to get along with them. He could control her Mother; but her sister was married and was a different story. However, she stuck to the story that David was the son of a friend she had near Paris who had been killed in the recent bombings and who had sent David to her as there was no one else to take him.
As the war continues and changes, their lives become even more complicated when the Nazis include Gypsies to be on the same level as Jews and must be rounded up and gotten rid of. Now, Alain, who she had married on the advice of her brother-in-law who was in charge of the police in town. Now, Vivienne has to worry more about Alain as well as her children. What will happen next?
I know that this scenario played out all over Europe during this time period. How each person decided to give up their children to strangers to care for is beyond my imagination. The decision of the stranger to take care of a child you know is in danger all the time at the risk of your own family is something to be admired. I would hope I would be able to do this; but never having been placed in that situation, I have no idea how I would react. It makes you think.
The story tears at your heart at the beginning when Vivienne was approached by a stranger and asked to take in her child, David. Vivienne knew that the boy was Jewish and knew that it would be difficult to hide him from everyone. If he lived as her child, she had to quickly come up with a plausible story as to why the boy was with her. She also knew that she would immediately be putting her own child, Celeste in danger simply by having the boy. Yet, how could she refuse.
Once she had taken David in, she would be forced to face her Mother and Sister who were always against her as well as Alain, her partner who was part Gypsy. Her Mother and sister were against her in part because she was not married to Alain; but it is obvious that there are other reasons. Her Father was the only reason she even tried to get along with them. He could control her Mother; but her sister was married and was a different story. However, she stuck to the story that David was the son of a friend she had near Paris who had been killed in the recent bombings and who had sent David to her as there was no one else to take him.
As the war continues and changes, their lives become even more complicated when the Nazis include Gypsies to be on the same level as Jews and must be rounded up and gotten rid of. Now, Alain, who she had married on the advice of her brother-in-law who was in charge of the police in town. Now, Vivienne has to worry more about Alain as well as her children. What will happen next?
I know that this scenario played out all over Europe during this time period. How each person decided to give up their children to strangers to care for is beyond my imagination. The decision of the stranger to take care of a child you know is in danger all the time at the risk of your own family is something to be admired. I would hope I would be able to do this; but never having been placed in that situation, I have no idea how I would react. It makes you think.
January 8, 2020
Something is missing!
This story of a French woman who is given a little Jewish boy to hide for his mother during occupied France in WWII was a rather dry read.
The emotions are missing as are character descriptions and development. It was like reading a newspaper account rather than a love story. The plot is there but there is a total lack of feeling and interaction between the child and the surrogate mother. It was very odd with so much happening around them. It is empty where the great emotions and development of a mother-son relationship would grow. Just the facts, ma'am!
I have two stars for the plot. Which was a good plot but no depth. The German officer characters were odd, as well. And the end was a rush to the finish with numerous unanswered questions like what ultimately happened to the German colonel and his aide? Did Viviane decide to go to with Dorothy? What happened to Odette, her sister, and her mother?
David, the child, is non-descript other than we are told he is four and Jewish. I wonder at the title here....'Cry of the Heart.'. There is no heart in this book at all.
No recommendation.
This story of a French woman who is given a little Jewish boy to hide for his mother during occupied France in WWII was a rather dry read.
The emotions are missing as are character descriptions and development. It was like reading a newspaper account rather than a love story. The plot is there but there is a total lack of feeling and interaction between the child and the surrogate mother. It was very odd with so much happening around them. It is empty where the great emotions and development of a mother-son relationship would grow. Just the facts, ma'am!
I have two stars for the plot. Which was a good plot but no depth. The German officer characters were odd, as well. And the end was a rush to the finish with numerous unanswered questions like what ultimately happened to the German colonel and his aide? Did Viviane decide to go to with Dorothy? What happened to Odette, her sister, and her mother?
David, the child, is non-descript other than we are told he is four and Jewish. I wonder at the title here....'Cry of the Heart.'. There is no heart in this book at all.
No recommendation.
October 9, 2019
I enjoyed this book
The characters drew me into the story. I had not read a WW2 book from this point of view and I’ve read a lot. The child was probably the most compelling because all the way through the book I wondered what would become of him, especially knowing the tragedies of the war as we do.
The characters drew me into the story. I had not read a WW2 book from this point of view and I’ve read a lot. The child was probably the most compelling because all the way through the book I wondered what would become of him, especially knowing the tragedies of the war as we do.
January 5, 2020
BLURB
She gave away her child to save his life. Another woman took him in, at risk to herself.
Viviane Renaud is a young mother living on the French Riviera in the Second World War. Times are hard but she is not the sort to be dismayed by circumstances. One day her life changes forever. A young Jewish woman, fleeing from the authorities, begs her to take care of her four year old boy, David. Almost without thinking, Viviane agrees.
Viviane’s life is never the same again. She fabricates a story to explain how David came to be with her and must tip-toe around the suspicions of her neighbours, her friends and most of all her mother and sister. She and her husband, Alain, find allies in unlikely places, particularly an American woman, Dorothy Pine.
But then, the world crashes around them. Threatened by Allied military success, Hitler sends the German army to occupy the south of France. With them come the SS and the Gestapo. The peril for Jews and for those, like Viviane, who hide them, appears overwhelming. The challenge for them now is to survive.
REVIEW
A war torn country where reality changes frequently, and never for the better. A thrilling and very poignant tale of the struggle to survive oppression, economic chaos, food shortages, and the fear produced when you don't know who to trust, even in your own family. I was grabbed from page one; the absolute horror of the opening chapter sets the stage for an emotional saga that gives one pause to wonder about the strength and resilience of the amazing characters the author has created. A story that highlights the immense problems faced by the civilian population in occupied France. I was entranced by the daily struggles, the black market dealings, the guts and will to find a way to just remain alive; all components of a well told tale. Cry of the Heart draws you in, tugs at your heartstrings, and instills a sense of incredulity that this story has been told so many times over the millennia, and we never learn. 5 Stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
She gave away her child to save his life. Another woman took him in, at risk to herself.
Viviane Renaud is a young mother living on the French Riviera in the Second World War. Times are hard but she is not the sort to be dismayed by circumstances. One day her life changes forever. A young Jewish woman, fleeing from the authorities, begs her to take care of her four year old boy, David. Almost without thinking, Viviane agrees.
Viviane’s life is never the same again. She fabricates a story to explain how David came to be with her and must tip-toe around the suspicions of her neighbours, her friends and most of all her mother and sister. She and her husband, Alain, find allies in unlikely places, particularly an American woman, Dorothy Pine.
But then, the world crashes around them. Threatened by Allied military success, Hitler sends the German army to occupy the south of France. With them come the SS and the Gestapo. The peril for Jews and for those, like Viviane, who hide them, appears overwhelming. The challenge for them now is to survive.
REVIEW
A war torn country where reality changes frequently, and never for the better. A thrilling and very poignant tale of the struggle to survive oppression, economic chaos, food shortages, and the fear produced when you don't know who to trust, even in your own family. I was grabbed from page one; the absolute horror of the opening chapter sets the stage for an emotional saga that gives one pause to wonder about the strength and resilience of the amazing characters the author has created. A story that highlights the immense problems faced by the civilian population in occupied France. I was entranced by the daily struggles, the black market dealings, the guts and will to find a way to just remain alive; all components of a well told tale. Cry of the Heart draws you in, tugs at your heartstrings, and instills a sense of incredulity that this story has been told so many times over the millennia, and we never learn. 5 Stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
February 18, 2020
Great book
This captured my attention based on the differences of the traditional books that you read about that focus on WWII. I loved that this book showed all sides of the views of those most impacted by that horrible time in history. A brave Mom that gave up her child to ensure his safety. A German mother that puts herself and family at risk by taking the young David, a Jew. In and caring for me as her own. A husband that protects his family. German officers that display that not all Germans were the Nazis. An American woman that is a great additional character that’s always there. There’s many layers of this book and I highly recommend it!
This captured my attention based on the differences of the traditional books that you read about that focus on WWII. I loved that this book showed all sides of the views of those most impacted by that horrible time in history. A brave Mom that gave up her child to ensure his safety. A German mother that puts herself and family at risk by taking the young David, a Jew. In and caring for me as her own. A husband that protects his family. German officers that display that not all Germans were the Nazis. An American woman that is a great additional character that’s always there. There’s many layers of this book and I highly recommend it!
February 21, 2021
I really enjoyed this book and I found myself staying up late two nights in a row to finish it. I loved the courage that the women in this novel had and I loved how they did what needed to do TOGETHER to survive. I love books based in France during World War II and this one did not disappoint. I also like that this book showed that not all Germans were hateful and evil people. It was an all around great book and if you are a historical fiction lover and lover of all things WWII occupied France, you should do yourself a favor and definitely download this book!
March 16, 2020
WW2 Occupied France
This a complicated story with many sub-stories. A woman gives up her son to save him. A French woman takes him into her family to try and save him . This is a story of love, and betrayal. Of hatred for not only Jewish people but also of Gypsies. But also for unselfish love of them from the unexpected. It is a can't put it down book that I highly recommend.
This a complicated story with many sub-stories. A woman gives up her son to save him. A French woman takes him into her family to try and save him . This is a story of love, and betrayal. Of hatred for not only Jewish people but also of Gypsies. But also for unselfish love of them from the unexpected. It is a can't put it down book that I highly recommend.
May 15, 2020
Exciting
I’m going to be honest. I’ve read about 30 books during the past year. All of the Authors were women. So, I was hesitant to reach such a sensitive story written from a male perspective! WOW!! It was amazingly written! Very sensitive!! I don’t skip one sentence!! I’m very impressed, and will no longer think that male writers aren’t capable of sensitivity! HA!
I’m going to be honest. I’ve read about 30 books during the past year. All of the Authors were women. So, I was hesitant to reach such a sensitive story written from a male perspective! WOW!! It was amazingly written! Very sensitive!! I don’t skip one sentence!! I’m very impressed, and will no longer think that male writers aren’t capable of sensitivity! HA!
September 15, 2020
Cry of the Heart
Interesting characters in the story but somewhat difficult to believe , for example, German officers intervening to protect a Jewish child. Personally, the immorality spoils it. The ending was disappointing!
Interesting characters in the story but somewhat difficult to believe , for example, German officers intervening to protect a Jewish child. Personally, the immorality spoils it. The ending was disappointing!
May 9, 2020
I loved this book - until the final 20 or so pages. The end was very disappointing as it did not really have a conclusion.
June 28, 2020
She gave away her child to save his life. Another woman took him in, at risk to herself. Viviane Renaud is a young mother living in the French Riviera in the Second World War. Times are hard but she isn't the sort to be dismayed by circumstances. One day her life changes forever when a young Jewish woman named Rachael, who is fleeing from the authorities, and out of sheer desperation, begs Viviane to take care of her son, David. Almost without thinking, Viviane agrees, even though it'll put her family's life in danger. Viviane's life is never the same again. She fabricates a story to people to explain how David came to be with her and must tiptoe around the suspicions of her friends, neighbours and most of all her mother, Marthe and sister, Odette.She and her husband, Alain, find allies in unlikely places, particularly an American expatriate, Dorothy Pine. But then, the world crashes around them. Threatened by Allied military success, Hitler sends the German forces to occupy the south of France. With them come the notorious SS and the Gestapo. The peril for Jews and for those, like Viviane, who hide them, appears overwhelming. The challenge for them now is to survive.After capitulation, France was governed as Vichy France headed by Marshal Philippe Petain.The Germans and Italians militarily occupied northern and south eastern France. There were occupied zones in France. The North zone was zone nord, when the previously unoccupied zone in the south known as zone libre or the free zone was also occupied and renamed zone sud or South zone. The life of the French during the German occupation was marked by endemic shortages. Makeshift substitutes took the place of many products that were in short supply. The rationing system was stringent but badly managed, leading to malnourishment, and rise of the black markets. Trust was a precious commodity to protect as anyone can quickly turn into collaborators, by reporting anything suspicious to curry favour with the Nazis, and also due to anti-Semitism. The Liberation of France was the result of Allied operations Overlord and Dragoon in the summer of 1944.
June 16, 2020
Cry of the Heart by Martin Lake 5/27/2002 Kindle
I lost count of the number of World War Two books I’ve read in the last year. I’m becoming an expert on hiding Jewish adults and children, resistance fighters, plus and an English or American pilot or two. Then there are French women getting involved with Nazi soldiers. Not to say these story lines are not often times fascinating, especially the true accounts. That’s why so many end up on my reading list. Unfortunately, I didn’t find Cry of the Heart near as engrossing as other past reads.
I lost interest early when a perfect stranger’s child was abruptly accepted into hiding by a woman who common sense would dictate would at least think through the situation. I wanted to see the soul searching before reaching so serious and dangerous a decision. There were elements of the story I found interesting. The author painted a picture that Jewish people were disliked by many of the French population before the German takeover mandated that everyone adopt a universal hatred. Most other accounts of the times paint the pre-Nazi Jews as nearly universally respected members of the community.
I found the ending abrupt and lacking true feeling for what so surprisingly occurred, I tried to picture the scene in real life and it didn’t play out anywhere near so easily. I stayed with the book until the end and for the most part enjoyed the reading the general story line. However, I was spoiled having read a lot better accounts of similar situations.
I lost count of the number of World War Two books I’ve read in the last year. I’m becoming an expert on hiding Jewish adults and children, resistance fighters, plus and an English or American pilot or two. Then there are French women getting involved with Nazi soldiers. Not to say these story lines are not often times fascinating, especially the true accounts. That’s why so many end up on my reading list. Unfortunately, I didn’t find Cry of the Heart near as engrossing as other past reads.
I lost interest early when a perfect stranger’s child was abruptly accepted into hiding by a woman who common sense would dictate would at least think through the situation. I wanted to see the soul searching before reaching so serious and dangerous a decision. There were elements of the story I found interesting. The author painted a picture that Jewish people were disliked by many of the French population before the German takeover mandated that everyone adopt a universal hatred. Most other accounts of the times paint the pre-Nazi Jews as nearly universally respected members of the community.
I found the ending abrupt and lacking true feeling for what so surprisingly occurred, I tried to picture the scene in real life and it didn’t play out anywhere near so easily. I stayed with the book until the end and for the most part enjoyed the reading the general story line. However, I was spoiled having read a lot better accounts of similar situations.
April 22, 2022
Vivianne Renaud is a French woman living in Grasse with her husband Alain and daughter Celeste when she encounters a stranger on the streets who begs her to look after her son, a Jewish boy, as things heat up in Europe at the beginning of WWII. Although afraid for herself and her family, Vivianne and Alain feel for the little boy, David, and take him in. What ensues over the coming war years is a nearly constant battle to conceal David's identity and protect him from the Nazis and the milice (French neo-Nazi group), but with the help of a rich American woman and a sympathetic German Colonel, she is given hope.
This book was really well-written and interesting and I enjoyed it very much. I'll look for other books by this author.
This book was really well-written and interesting and I enjoyed it very much. I'll look for other books by this author.
April 4, 2021
A very heart-rending story about World War II
Cry of the Heart is a very emotional story that covers so many different aspects of war, from both the military and civilian sides. It shows the heart and the heartless aspects of living in wartime, and what people do to cope, to exist in good ways and in bad. This novel presents the hard side of wartime, although there are some bright and happy times covered.
At times I found it difficult to follow all the characters and locations, but I am only one reader and that may not be true for other readers. I heartily recommend Cry of the Heart for readers who would seek a more realistic approach to this time in history.
Cry of the Heart is a very emotional story that covers so many different aspects of war, from both the military and civilian sides. It shows the heart and the heartless aspects of living in wartime, and what people do to cope, to exist in good ways and in bad. This novel presents the hard side of wartime, although there are some bright and happy times covered.
At times I found it difficult to follow all the characters and locations, but I am only one reader and that may not be true for other readers. I heartily recommend Cry of the Heart for readers who would seek a more realistic approach to this time in history.
April 8, 2022
4.0 Viviane is a young mother living on the French Riviera during World War II, things are getting more and more difficult as the days go by but one day her life changes forever when a young Jewish woman approaches her and begs her to take care of her little boy as she is being hunted by the Gestapo. Viviane's life will never be the same. David comes into her life and she already has a little girl of her own to protect. Viviane's husband Alain find allies in strange places including an American woman named Dorothy. The family is on the run to survive and will David ever be re-united with his own family after the horrors of war?
June 23, 2020
Worth Reading
This book is a very good book. The 4 stars is because of the last couple of pages. The ending left you looking for more. What happened to the characters after the war? Did they reunite? After all they went through you would hope so for closure. The book ended to soon. Left the rest to your imagination. Unless there is a sequel. There is a lot of characters but they are easy to keep separate after a few pages. I recommend this book highly.
This book is a very good book. The 4 stars is because of the last couple of pages. The ending left you looking for more. What happened to the characters after the war? Did they reunite? After all they went through you would hope so for closure. The book ended to soon. Left the rest to your imagination. Unless there is a sequel. There is a lot of characters but they are easy to keep separate after a few pages. I recommend this book highly.
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May 13, 2020If a Jewish woman, running for her life, thrust a 4 year old boy into your arms and begged you to keep him safe, what would you do? One woman has to make that split decision and then keep her own family safe from the consequences. The boy has no papers, no ration card, but a new family who wants to honor their promise.
June 2, 2020
Great book. Characters were interesting. Would have liked to know a little more about what happened to persons who were supposed to assist the Germans. Ending went way to fast, however still liked the book. Was interesting that the book that I purchased has very little print and no page numbers.
March 16, 2020
Another triumph from Martin
I’ve read pretty much all of Martins books and can’t wait to read his new releases. This one was no exception and I really enjoyed it. One of the best historical fiction authors around.
I’ve read pretty much all of Martins books and can’t wait to read his new releases. This one was no exception and I really enjoyed it. One of the best historical fiction authors around.
April 3, 2020
Heartwarming and educational
My dad was a soldier in 1944 France and Germany and I have always wanted to learn more about his experiences before he was wounded. Also our neighbor was a French war bride.
My dad was a soldier in 1944 France and Germany and I have always wanted to learn more about his experiences before he was wounded. Also our neighbor was a French war bride.
April 7, 2020
Great book
This book is very well written and is a great story. It is sad and courageous. It is hard to believe that so many people can be so cruel and others be so brave. The author did a great job in the final writing of this story.
This book is very well written and is a great story. It is sad and courageous. It is hard to believe that so many people can be so cruel and others be so brave. The author did a great job in the final writing of this story.
August 6, 2020
Redemption
This is a story of redemption. It is a story of sacrifice and love. All the characters are fictitious, they represent events in France during WWII. Highly recommend this book.
This is a story of redemption. It is a story of sacrifice and love. All the characters are fictitious, they represent events in France during WWII. Highly recommend this book.
January 3, 2021
Felt like I knew these people!
Very realistic feel. Loved this book and the realization that all Germans were not evil. Shows a very humane reality.
Will be reading more of Martin Lake's books!
Very realistic feel. Loved this book and the realization that all Germans were not evil. Shows a very humane reality.
Will be reading more of Martin Lake's books!
February 14, 2021
I love stories about WWII and this was an intriguing plot. I was disappointed in that Vivian never discovered what happened to Alain. I felt sorry for her left with her daughter and all alone. Good read!!
June 3, 2021
Cry of the heart
I loved the drama of this book. The uncertainty of what would happen to David kept my interest..The part I did not like was the relationship between the sisters. The character Dorothy was great also the German officers. Overall it was well worth reading.
I loved the drama of this book. The uncertainty of what would happen to David kept my interest..The part I did not like was the relationship between the sisters. The character Dorothy was great also the German officers. Overall it was well worth reading.
August 13, 2021
Review
You will enjoy reading this book very much. It showed an aspect of WW II that has never been covered. What the citizens of occupied countries had to endure, how they suffered and what was necessary to survive was a real eye opener. Thank you for covering this subject.
You will enjoy reading this book very much. It showed an aspect of WW II that has never been covered. What the citizens of occupied countries had to endure, how they suffered and what was necessary to survive was a real eye opener. Thank you for covering this subject.
March 25, 2020
Great Read
Well written historical fiction. Author creates characters the reader gets to know like a friend. Highly recommend the author and this book.
Well written historical fiction. Author creates characters the reader gets to know like a friend. Highly recommend the author and this book.
April 19, 2020
Great book
This book is based on history and is a gripping novel. I could not put it down. I certainly recommend it
This book is based on history and is a gripping novel. I could not put it down. I certainly recommend it
April 28, 2020
This was a kindle unlimited book. Since I am trying out Amazon's service, I thought to give it a shot. There were many times when I wanted to stop reading. some chapters had characters that weren't explained until the very end.
April 29, 2020
I thought this was a great book. It was hard to put down. The ending left an opening for a book 2, I thought.
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