I new as soon as I seen the cover and read the back excerpt that this book would be good, and I was not disappointed. It is one of those books that you don't want to put down. The kind that when you do have to put it down you are thinking about it and rushing around just so you can sit down and read it again.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone who loves historical fiction! It is a great story of love, hope and faith. This book will be going on my list of favorites!
More about the book:
As World War II draws to a close, Jakob fights with the Polish resistance against the crushing forces of Germany and Russia. They intend to destroy a German troop transport, but Gretl's unscheduled train reaches the bomb first.
Gretl is the only survivor. Though spared form the concentration camp, the orphaned German Jew finds herself lost in a country hostile to her people. When Jakob discovers her, guilt and fatherly compassion prompt him to take her in. For three years, the young man and the little girl form a bond over the secrets they must hide from his Catholic family.
But Gretl can't stay with him forever. Jakob send her to South Africa, where German war orphans are promised bright futures with adoptive Protestant families, so long as Gretl's Jewish roots, Catholic education and connections to communist Poland are never discovered.
Separated by continents, politics, religion, language and years, Jakob and Gretl will likely never see each other again. But the events they both survived and their believe that the human spirit can triumph over the ravages of war have formed a bond of love that no circumstances can overcome.
***This book was provided to me by booklookbloggers.com in exchange for my honest review.
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