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The German Wife: An absolutely gripping and heartbreaking WW2 historical novel, inspired by true events

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I think this was probably the main reason I knew that wanted to read The German Wife as soon as I first read the blurb. Once Lizzie married Calvin, a wealthy and widowed older man, she moved to Alabama and after the war, Henry moved there too. Finally he can bring his beloved Sofi and their children to be with him but life again doesn’t run smoothly, it seems that the Germans are not always welcome here in Huntsville. Although both oppose the radical views of the Reich, he must accept or lose his income and even the lives of his family.

Plus, the characters and plot are so well developed that my heartstrings were plucked throughout the reading. The German Wife recently published this summer, and it is the story of Operation Paperclip, of which I was vaguely familiar. When a Russian 'slave' is employed to maintain her huge garden, there are tender echoes of 'Lady Chatterley's Lover', albeit without Lawrence's gratuitous vulgarity.When he was home, he lived with Lizzie and Calvin, but it was when scientists from Germany arrived in their town, to work with the CIA's new space program, that Henry changed again. Not only did I learn so much (with is always an added bonus) but I found on this occasion Kelly has gone to the next level with not only delivering her usual high standard exceptional storytelling, but added into the mix, controversy. Although Sofie and Jürgen do not share the social views growing popular in Hitler’s Germany, Jürgen’s position with its burgeoning rocket program changes their diminishing fortunes for the better. while it’s based on a true story, at the end of the day it is fiction and i can 100% understand any criticism this book receives.

I have read and enjoyed most of this author's work but will say this book in particular was a favorite. It’s the first book I have read by this author but if her other books are of the same calibre it certainly won’t be the last. Ultimately, Sofie hopes the American community might accept that: “we were more than just the mistakes of our past. I read this with Jenna and Sarah, and the story kept us turning the pages as fast as we could, and I’m pretty sure Jenna finished in less than 24 hours!He carried the guilt of the cruel treatment of those “workers” with him for the rest of his life along with the guilt of those hundreds of thousands that his bombs killed. He is initially held prisoner at Fort Bliss, then allowed his freedom and the right to bring his family to America.

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