More information about the author, Eoin Dempsey. If you love historical fiction, don’t miss this one! But these were minor concerns in the midst of a completely absorbing read. And when he uses dialog to supply information, it doesn’t always come across as believable. When a character is relating his or her own deeply personal back story, it should not read as an detached third person account. And, of course, what novel of World War II would be complete without the life-threatening presence of the Gestapo? Eoin DempseyĪs a writer, Dempsey still has some things to learn. And some of the close connections Franka made as a naive teenager return. But the question that becomes central is: How can two strangers create mutual trust in the middle of a savage war? Especially when one is vulnerable and dependent upon the other.Īlong the way, readers witness the impact deprivation, shortages, and suspicions have on everyday life. The plot contains a satisfying number of surprising twists and turns, which I certainly will not give away. That’s the premise for a 260-page novel that I virtually inhaled over 36 hours (only because I had to sleep). But almost immediately she begins to suspect the airman is not who he seems. At her parents’ remote summer house, a chance encounter with an injured Luftwaffe airman forces Franka, a trained nurse, into the role of caretaker. Franka Gerber, who came of age in the 1930s as a ardent member of the Hitler Youth movement, has now suffered life-altering losses and feels she has little to live for. In 1943, not everyone living in Germany supports the Nazi regime.
I will definitely be looking to read Eoin (pronounced Owen) Dempsey’s other novels.
Their tenuous bond becomes as inseparable as it is dangerous.An intensely suspenseful book from an Irish-born American author, set in Germany during World War II. This item: White Rose, Black Forest by Eoin Dempsey Hardcover 17.56 The Longest Echo: A Novel by Eoin Dempsey Paperback 10.95 Customers who viewed this item also viewed Popular Highlights in this book What are popular highlights The true patriots were the ones with a healthy suspicion of the government and every motive it acted upon. But when it turns out that he is not who he seems, Franka begins a race against time to unravel the mystery of the airman's true identity. Unwilling to let him die, Franka takes him to her family's isolated cabin despite her hatred for the regime he represents. That is, until she discovers an unconscious airman lying in the snow wearing a Luftwaffe uniform, his parachute flapping in the wind. Fervor and brutality have swept through her homeland, taking away both her father and her brother and leaving her with no reason to live. Now, as deep drifts of snow blanket the Black Forest, German dissenter Franka Gerber is alone and hopeless. In the years before the rise of Hitler, the Gerber family's summer cottage was filled with laughter. In the shadows of World War II, trust becomes the greatest risk of all for two strangers.ĭecember 1943.
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