āThese children, who the Nazis donāt even see as human, these children are innocent. And, Hannah, if you have the chance to save even one of them, you know what you have to do. Even if it puts your own life at risk.ā
As bombs fall over Europe,Ā Hannah SternĀ is a twenty-seven-year-old nurse, who is just trying to survive. When she takes a position at Viennaās esteemed psychiatric hospital, Am Steinhof, she thinks it will take her away from the danger.
Her estranged half-brother has arranged the job for her on the condition that she must take his son,Ā WilliĀ there too. He insists itās a place where Willi will be safe. And Hannah soon forms a close bond with the sweet, fragile child in her care.
At first the hospital seems like a safe havenāa beautiful, airy, spacious place of healing and recovery. But the hospital is a place of secrets. And they are darker than Hannah could ever have imagined. Children, ones just like Willi, are disappearingānot to be healed as promised, but taken somewhere else. Somewhere terrible.
And when Williās own life comes under threatāin spite of her half-brotherās position of power in the Nazi militaryāHannah must overcome her own fears and act. Then she discovers one of the other nurses is also trying to help patients escape, and Hannah becomes determined to help in any way she can.
But she is only one person up against the enemy. And to save even just one life from the grip of the Nazis, she must risk her ownā¦
The most unmissable historical fiction of the year, guaranteed to leave readers in tears. Perfect for fans ofĀ My Name is Eva,Ā All the Light We Cannot SeeĀ andĀ The Tattooist of Auschwitz.
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