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A Place to Hide

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A Place to Hide

By: Ronald H. Balson
Narrated by: Fred Berman
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From the winner of the National Jewish Book Award

Theodore “Teddy” Hartigan is the scion of a wealthy Washington, D.C. family who place him into a comfortable job at the State Department and a placid diplomat’s career. In 1938, as Hitler’s inexorable rise continues, Teddy is re-assigned to the US Consulate in Amsterdam to replace fleeing staff.

Teddy’s job is to process visa applications, and by 1939, refugees from Nazi-conquered Poland, Austria, and other countries are desperate to secure safe passage to America. As Hitler sweeps through France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, and Holland, the screws tighten and law after virulent law is passed to threaten the lives, indeed the very existence of the Jewish people. When Teddy and his girlfriend Sara are introduced to an orphaned young girl named Katy, who has been abandoned on the grounds of a nursery school, they agree to adopt her. Teddy comes to realize that he holds the key to saving lives, whether five, fifty, or five hundred—and makes the dangerous and selfless decision to join with underground groups and use his position at the Consulate to rescue those with no other avenue of escape.

Powerful and dramatic, National Jewish Book Award winner Ronald H. Balson’s A Place to Hide explores the deeply-moving actions of an ordinary man who resolves, under perilous circumstances, to make a difference.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.

©2024 Ronald H. Balson (P)2024 Macmillan Audio
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Riveting Story

A moving story which highlights the trauma & suffering endured by families during the German occupation. It was brilliantly read & the readers’s many accents made this story so easy to listen to. A big fan of R H Balson.

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Another Masterpiece

Balson does it again! Every one of his stories literally transports the reader to the time in history and reveals a wonderful cast of characters and new friends. Thank you!

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Love Ronald Balson

I’ve loved every one of Ronald Balson’s books and Fred Berman is one of my favorite narrators!!

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Great book

Since I read his first book Once We were Brothers, I have loved this author. I love all of his books and hope he has started a new one.

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A new view of ww2

Loved this book as I have all Ronald Baldom books. A different perspective of the war

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Hidden part of history

Loved the format of storytelling. Will bring about parts of World War II you may have never known.

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Saving the children from the death of camps

Told in a new story line other than Italy Germany and France . A view of the others countries the war effected

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True and biased

I loved the history. Loved the heroic acts that were portrayed. But didn’t appreciate the authors political bias on immigration. This was a totally different historical scene than what we have now.

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Not Balson’s best

I have read all of Mr. Balson’s novels and loved most of them, especially the LiamTaggert-Catherine Lockhart series. However, this new one falls short.
Although the historical description of WW II Holland and the plight of the Jews during that horrific period was eye opening, I feel that, as a novel, neither the characters nor the plot held my attention. All in all it was a disappointment after having read so many of his other great books.

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Slow Start

Slow start for me and I had a hard time connecting with the characters until deep in the story. l love most of Ronald H Balsons books but this one was not my favorite.

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