In 1942 World War II is in full swing. German cities are bombarded
on a daily basis and many civilians die. To keep her daughter safe,
Mrs. Lyndt takes six year old Inge to her mother's estate in
Prussia. There Inge befriends Paul-Emile Diderot, a sixteen year
old French prisoner of war. As the Red Army advances on Prussia,
Paul-Emile decides to escape with Inge his ticket to freedom. They
leave the estate at the end of January 1945, during the coldest
winter in a decade. In a chaise drawn by two horses they join the
exodus of hundreds of thousands of Germans to the west. Inge
expects adventure, instead finds herself mired in a cataclysm.
After months of hardship and struggling against nature and enemy
forces they reach Paris. Traumatized by his experiences, Paul-Emile
distances himself from the girl who loves him. At fourteen a
rebellious Inge is reunited with her parents who are at a loss how
to handle her willful independence. Inge blames all her problems,
mostly self inflicted, on the war and Paul-Emile. Thirty-five years
later their paths cross again at an archaeological dig in Egypt.
General
Imprint: |
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
June 2010 |
First published: |
June 2010 |
Authors: |
Sieglinde P. Young
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
294 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4528-3879-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Historical fiction
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LSN: |
1-4528-3879-8 |
Barcode: |
9781452838793 |
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