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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > War fiction
Toe Mata Hari in Parys aangekom het, was sy platsak. Kort daarna is
sy gevier as die elegantste vrou in die stad. As ’n danseres het sy
gehore geskok en verruk, as ’n vertroueling en courtisane het sy
die rykste en magtigste mans van haar era betower. Maar paranoia as
gevolg van die oorlog het Frankryk verteer, en Mata Hari se
leefstyl het haar onder verdenking geplaas. In 1917 is sy
gearresteer in haar hotelkamer aan die Champs-Elysees en van
spioenasie aangekla. Die Spioen is die onvergeetlike verhaal van ’n
vrou wat dit gewaag het om die konvensies van haar tyd uit te daag
en die prys daarvoor betaal het, soos vertel in Mata Hari se stem
in haar finale brief.
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A J Freda
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A crackling portrayal of everyday American heroines...A triumph. --
Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of
Fifth Avenue A group of young women from Smith College risk their
lives in France at the height of World War I in this sweeping novel
based on a true story--a skillful blend of Call the Midwife and The
Alice Network--from New York Times bestselling author Lauren
Willig. A scholarship girl from Brooklyn, Kate Moran thought she
found a place among Smith's Mayflower descendants, only to have her
illusions dashed the summer after graduation. When charismatic
alumna Betsy Rutherford delivers a rousing speech at the Smith
College Club in April of 1917, looking for volunteers to help
French civilians decimated by the German war machine, Kate is too
busy earning her living to even think of taking up the call. But
when her former best friend Emmeline Van Alden reaches out and begs
her to take the place of a girl who had to drop out, Kate
reluctantly agrees to join the new Smith College Relief Unit. Four
months later, Kate and seventeen other Smithies, including two
trailblazing female doctors, set sail for France. The volunteers
are armed with money, supplies, and good intentions--all of which
immediately go astray. The chateau that was to be their
headquarters is a half-burnt ruin. The villagers they meet are in
desperate straits: women and children huddling in damp cellars,
their crops destroyed and their wells poisoned. Despite constant
shelling from the Germans, French bureaucracy, and the threat of
being ousted by the British army, the Smith volunteers bring
welcome aid--and hope--to the region. But can they survive their
own differences? As they cope with the hardships and terrors of the
war, Kate and her colleagues find themselves navigating old
rivalries and new betrayals which threaten the very existence of
the Unit. With the Germans threatening to break through the lines,
can the Smith Unit pull together and be truly a band of sisters?
'Gripping, heartbreaking and uplifting.' Christy Lefteri, author of
the million-copy bestseller The Beekeeper of Aleppo THEIR STORY
WILL BREAK YOUR HEART THEIR JOURNEY WILL FILL YOU WITH HOPE YOU
WILL NEVER FORGET THEIR NAMES When they are little girls, Cibi,
Magda and Livia make a promise to their father - that they will
stay together, no matter what. Years later, at just 15, Livia is
ordered to Auschwitz by the Nazis. Cibi, only 19 herself, remembers
their promise and follows Livia, determined to protect her sister,
or die with her. Together, they fight to survive through
unimaginable cruelty and hardship. Magda, only 17, stays with her
mother and grandfather, hiding out in a neighbour's attic or in the
forest when the Nazi militia come to round up friends, neighbours
and family. She escapes for a time, but eventually she too is
captured and transported to the death camp. In Auschwitz-Birkenau
the three sisters are reunited and, remembering their father, they
make a new promise, this time to each other: That they will
survive. Three Sisters is a beautiful story of hope in the hardest
of times and of finding love after loss. Heather Morris is the
global bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz and Cilka's
Journey, which have sold eight million copies worldwide. Three
Sisters is her third novel, and the final piece in the phenomenon
that is the Tattooist of Auschwitz series.
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