Preview

Prime logo Prime members: New to Audible?
Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for $14.95/mo after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

The Note

By: Carly Schabowski
Narrated by: Joe Leat, Stephanie Cannon
Try for $0.00

$14.95/month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $19.95

Buy for $19.95

Pay using card ending in
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Taxes where applicable.

Publisher's summary

A heartbreaking World War Two tale, taking you from the barbed wire of Auschwitz to a sweltering South Carolina summer. The Note is about lost loves and long-buried secrets, desperate decisions - and the consequences that cannot be escaped....

Auschwitz, 1942: On a warm summer’s day in Paris, Jozef and his beloved wife, Adi, are captured by the Nazis after going on the run. Forced onto a train with countless others, they spend days travelling to Auschwitz. They are torn from each other, stripped of belongings, their arms inked with prison numbers. In the death camp, their days are numbered - will they ever see each other again?

1953, South Carolina: On the night of her 13th birthday, the air as sticky as honey, Alice is woken up by the ear-splitting sound of sirens. The body of a teenage girl, Nancy, has been found in the lake.

Suspicion falls on Jozef, a German refugee who now lives in the small town. When one of Alice’s friends breaks a window in his house, Alice is wracked with guilt. She writes a note apologizing - a note that changes everything.

As Alice and Jozef form a friendship, Jozef opens ups about his painful past: He is an Auschwitz survivor. Hearing about the desperate choices people were forced to make, and the hunt for freedom amongst so much heartbreak, Alice starts to see her own life - and the death of her friend - in a new light.

As their bond deepens, Alice uncovers Jozef’s secret - one that has followed him from Auschwitz and could now shatter Alice’s world. When a long-awaited storm breaks the suffocating heatwave, the truth finally comes out, and Alice’s life will never be the same again....

©2022 Carly Schabowski (P)2022 Bookouture, an imprint of Storyfire Ltd.
activate_Holiday_promo_in_buybox_DT_T2

What listeners say about The Note

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    55
  • 4 Stars
    12
  • 3 Stars
    3
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Performance
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    57
  • 4 Stars
    5
  • 3 Stars
    2
  • 2 Stars
    1
  • 1 Stars
    0
Story
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    52
  • 4 Stars
    12
  • 3 Stars
    2
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Amazing @

Wow! What an amazing story. The ending made me cry. A must read for anyone who loves WWII.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Excellent book

I have been an avid reader my whole life. It is only recently that I have added historic fiction to my genres. I have listened to several WWll
novels. This is one of my favorites. Very touching and relatable

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

heart rendering

loved from beginning to end
highly recommend for history buffs. very poignant and well narrated

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Excellent read

Story completely takes an unexpected turn and I enjoyed it all the way to the end. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves history. It was a wonderful read

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Wow

I have never left a review for a book out of the thousands I’ve listened to, but wow.. this book is incredible from start to finish. I feel as though the author and the narrators made me feel like I was sharing this journey with the characters. If you are like me and are reading this review to determine if it will be worth your time I’m here to tell you it is. You will cry when they cry and laugh when they laugh you will be right next to the characters throughout their journey, if I could rate it 10 stars I would!!!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Must Read/Listen!!!!

Y’all! This is the greatest book I’ve read/listened to in a while. It keeps your attention with, not one but two amazing story’s brought together to make one amazing book! And when the surprise revaluation showed up chapter 25 I literally gasped and said “OMG!! what!!! shut the f*** up, no way!!” I’m telling y’all is a good book!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Amazing story of friendship and forgiveness

I found this book to be wonderful. I read a lot of novels fiction, nonfiction, autobiographical of World War II. this is not your traditional World War two story. it touches on growing up, death, friendship, forgiveness, coming of age, sacrifice it is just a wonderful book I strongly suggest it!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

A little slow

I enjoyed the story line.. it was a little slow. I’m thinking it was more from the narrators rather than the story itself..

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!