The Secret History of Audrey James
The Secret History of Audrey James
Marissa Yip-Young
, Jude Castillo
, Marilyn Stanley
, Kim Patrick
, Agnes Marshall
, Gabrielle Wolfe
, Joanna McFarlane-Frampton
, Sharon Forzley
, Zara Garcia-Alvarez
, Natasha Andres
, Ashley Raskovsky
, Rose Hately
, Andrea Pole
, zelda dwyer
, Cindy Bodini
, Sandra Furlotte
, Barry Kazimer
, Linda Leitch
, Sarah Schwartz
, Janice B Knickle
, Kate Rutter
, Jane McRobb
, Beth Dekoker
, Sabrina Phan
, Gwynn Scheltema
, Ariane Béland
, Ms Bookmarked
, Natasa Ilic
, Noelle Walsh
, Margo Beredjiklian
, Mary Therrien
, Dani Kat
, Deana Bueley
, Katie Kah
, Paula Adam
, Marjorie Roy
, Summer Halls
, Alanna Virtue
, Allison Dube
, Jessica Harrison
, PATRICIA SOPEL
, Tanya Blake
, Jessica Doiron
, Janice Cournoyer
, Pearl Saban
, Lori Watson
, Kym Marsh
, Kim Cappellina
, joy mills
, Maria Zuppardi
, Benita Hartwell
, Susan Fitzgerald
, Debbie Youngman
, Jen Smith
, Margaret McKay
, Brent van Staalduinen
, Mary Mexis
, Dana Francoeur
, Jane Graham
, Marianne Ward
, Katherine Krige
, BJ Underwood
, Susie Rance
, jane luce
, Rosa Cross
, Judith Pearson
, Donna Gamache
, Rodney Cross
, Elmira Olson
, Vicki Bedford
, Lynn Bechtel
, Patricia McKeown
, Holly Elisabeth
, Leslie Vermeer
, Janet Meisner
, Robert Hykawy
, S. A. M. McCue
, Alanna King
, Barbara Leckie
, Denise Duvall
, Tema Frank
, Huguette Lemieux
, Ellen Clarke
, Joshua Lewis
, Joe Mitchell
, Catherine Westerberg
, diana kirkwood
, Darlene Foster
, Hoda Montazeri
, Randi Ann Doll
, Marla Schecter Howard
, Sara Conway
, Joseph Chirayil
, Paula Ritchie
, Claire Gear
, Denica StP
, Hayley Chandler
, Joan Clare
, Rhona Brinkman
, Karen Nordrum
, Carrie Morris
, Angela Mitchell
, Esther VanGorder
, Nora Gould
, Janet Miller
, Brenda Vaccarello
, Ken Gilmour
, Melissa Kohlman
, Kirsten Norlock
, Debra Fisher
, Pamela Roberts Griffith
, Meghan Barton
, Heather Norris
, Kim Wiggins
, Payton Phillips
, Pat Johnston
, Sarah Van Dyk
, Geri Seal
, M M English
, Emily Johansen
, Jennifer Beyak
, Lisa Mallia
, Meaghan Krygier
, Kim Carswell
, Susi Lovell
, Mary-Esther Lee
, BARBARA BELL
, Pamela Humphrey
, Rebecca Pennings
, Michelle Fallows
, Stacey Shackel
, Blake Patterson
, Kathryn Galan
, Thelma Ball
, Carson Loveless
, Nancy Schenkeveld
, Mel Barroso
, Elle Andra-Warner
, Heather Belliveau
, Sonia Adams
, Yolande Thivierge
, Maggie Keating
, Cynthia Heinrichs
, Melissa Poremba
, Lynn Andrews
, Heather O'Connor
, Rachel Edmonds
, Mary Ellen Havlik
, Vivian Thorgeirson
, Susan Grieshaber-Otto
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Sometimes the best place to hide is the last place anyone would look.
Northern England, 2010
After a tragic accident upends her life, Kate Mercer leaves London to work at an old guest house near the Scottish border, where she hopes to find a fresh start and heal from her loss. When she arrives, she begins to unravel the truth about her past, but discovers the mysterious elderly proprietor is harbouring her own secrets…
Berlin, 1938
Audrey James is weeks away from graduating from a prestigious music school in Berlin, where she’s been living with her best friend, Ilse Kaplan. As she prepares to finish her piano studies, Audrey dreads the thought of returning to her father in England and leaving Ilse behind. Families like the Kaplans are being targeted, and the stakes grow higher by the day. Restrictions tighten, the borders close to Jews, and rumours swirl about people being apprehended in the street and shipped off to work camps.
When Ilse’s parents and brother suddenly disappear, two high-ranking Nazi party members confiscate the Kaplans’ upscale home, believing it to be empty. In a desperate attempt to keep Ilse safe, Audrey becomes housekeeper for the officers while Ilse is forced into hiding in the attic—a prisoner in her own home. As war in Europe threatens, it isn’t long before a shocking turn of events pushes Audrey to become embroiled in cell of the anti-Hitler movement: clusters of resisters working to bring down the Nazis from within Germany itself. But resistance comes with risk, and before the war is over, Audrey must decide what matters most: saving herself, her friend, or sacrificing everything for the greater good.
Inspired by true stories of courageous women and the German resistance during WWII, this is a captivating novel about the unbreakable bonds of friendship, the sacrifices we make for those we love, and the healing that comes from human connection.
