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The German wife / Kelly Rimmer.
Berlin, 1934. Sofie Rhodes is the aristocratic wife of a scientist whose post-WWI fortunes change for the better when her husband, Jurgen, is recruited for Hitler's new rocket project. But too late they realise the Nazis' plans to weaponise Jurgen's technology as they begin to wage war against the rest of Europe. Alabama, 1950. Jurgen is one of hundreds of Nazi scientists offered pardons and taken to the US to work for the CIA's fledgling space program. Sofie, now the mother of four, misses Germany terribly and struggles to fit in among the other NASA wives. When news about the Rhodes family's affiliation with the Nazi party spreads, idle gossip turns to bitter rage, and the act of violence that results will tear apart a community and a family before the truth is finally revealed - but is it murder, revenge or justice?
Record details
- ISBN: 9781525899904 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 431 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Toronto, Ontario : Graydon House, [2022]
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes discussion questions. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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| Subject: | Germans > America > Fiction. Nazis > Fiction. Scientists > Recruiting > Germany > History > 20th century > Fiction. Scientists > Recruiting > United States > History > 20th century > Fiction. Spouses > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. Historical fiction. Novels. |
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- Baker & Taylor
In 1950 Alabama, Sofie and her husband, one of many German scientists pardoned and granted a position in America's space program, find their family torn apart by an act of violence after rumors about their affiliation with the Nazi party surface. - Baker & Taylor
In 1950 Alabama, Sofie and her husband, one of many German scientists pardoned and granted a position in Americaâs space program, find their family torn apart by an act of violence after rumors about their affiliation with the Nazi party surface. 10,000 first printing. - Harlequin
âSkillfully researched and powerfully written, The German Wife will capture you from the first page.â âMadeline Martin, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Bookshop in London
For fans of All the Light We Cannot See and The Tattooist of Auschwitzâfrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Things We Cannot Say and The Warsaw Orphan returns with a gripping novel inspired by the true story of Operation Paperclip: a controversial secret US intelligence program that employed former Nazis after WWII.
Berlin, 1930âWhen a wave of change sweeps a radical political party to power, Sofie von Meyer Rhodesâs academic husband benefits from the ambitions of its newly elected chancellor. Although Sofie and Jürgen do not share the social views growing popular in Hitlerâs Germany, Jürgenâs position with its burgeoning rocket program changes their diminishing fortunes for the better. But as Sofie watches helplessly, her beloved Berlin begins to transform, forcing her to consider what they must sacrifice morally for their young familyâs security, and what the price for their neutrality will be.
Twenty years later, Jürgen is one of the many German scientists offered pardons for their part in the war, and taken to America to work for its fledgling space program. For Sofie, this is the chance to exorcise the ghosts that have followed her across the ocean, and make a fresh start in her adopted country. But her neighbors arenât as welcoming or as understanding as she had hoped. When scandalous rumors about the Rhodes familyâs affiliation with Hitlerâs regime spreads, idle gossip turns to bitter rage, and the act of violence that results will tear apart Sofieâs community and her family before the truth is finally revealed.
âAn unforgettable novel that explores important questions highly relevant to the world today.â âChristine Wells, author of Sisters of the Resistance
Donât miss Kelly Rimmerâs newest novel, The Paris Agent, where a familyâs innocent search for answers brings a long-forgotten, twenty-five-year-old mystery featuring two female SOE operatives comes to light!
For more by Kelly Rimmer, look for:- Before I Let You Go
- The Things We Cannot Say
- Truths I Never Told You
- The Warsaw Orphan
- The Midnight EstateÂ
