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Narrated by:
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Stephanie Willis
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Susan Larkin
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Chris Kayser
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By:
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Shari J. Ryan
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The worn leather-bound diary, tied with a red ribbon, has hidden the truth for seventy years. The spine crackles as she opens it, reading the long-forgotten words of her grandmother. “What if you never come back? What if you die trying?”
Nazi-occupied Prague, 1942: Amelia is hiding in her closet when flashlights blind her and she’s captured by the SS. Out on the cobblestone street, her heart shatters as her mother is shot before her eyes. She is shoved onto a freight train with hundreds of others—hours pass as they travel in darkness.
Arriving in a concentration camp, Amelia fears for her life when she is led to a block by a soldier. He is her enemy, yet he secretly passes her a piece of bread; an act that saves her.
They are meant to despise one another, but Amelia and Charlie are powerfully drawn to each other. Amelia sees how Charlie risks everything to save prisoners from deportation—and she sees the kindness in his eyes.
Amongst so much tragedy, falling in love is a miracle. Yet, one day, Charlie utters those miraculous words. “I’m in love with you. To everyone else, we’re wrong, but what does that matter when nothing in this world is right?”
But under the all-seeing gaze of the guards and endless watchtowers, there is only so long they can keep their secret—and the very act of loving each other endangers their lives. Will they remain loyal to each other in the face of death? And when they finally say goodbye, will it be by choice or by force?
Fans of The Tattooist of Auschwitz and Orphan Train will be totally swept away by this World War Two heartbreaker which shows that, even in hell, love can bloom.
This book was previously published as Last Words.
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l truly enjoyed this heartwarming and tender story I do love in the worst of times even in the best of times. thank you for this wonderful book
a great book
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Heartbreaking and touching!
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Wow
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Really well written though and exceptionally read. She did a great job.
(A bit too much intimidate personal descriptions for me, I do have an imagination, sharing emotions and feelings would have been just fine. And hoping in bed after just meeting someone is so today’s liberal ways , it would be so much classier if He waited for her. A man can still hunger for a woman they love without being so intimate. Courtship is so much nicer and leaves no confusion or questions.
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So touching
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A Forever Love
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A Wonderful Story
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Good book
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Last Words
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Great story!!
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The actors voices added reality to the story. Thank you, it will stay in my memory for a long time.
Exceptional
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