The German Wife

Kelly Rimmer

The German Wife
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Graydon House
Published
28 June 2022
Pages
448
ISBN
9781525899904

The German Wife

Kelly Rimmer

Skillfully researched and powerfully written, The German Wife will capture you from the first page. –Madeline Martin, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Bookshop in London

The New York Times bestselling author of The Warsaw Orphan returns with a gripping novel inspired by the true story of Operation Paperclip: a controversial secret US intelligence program that employed former Nazis after WWII.

Berlin, Germany, 1930–When the Nazis rise to power, Sofie von Meyer Rhodes and her academic husband benefit from the military ambitions of Germany’s newly elected chancellor when Jurgen is offered a high-level position in their burgeoning rocket program. Although they fiercely oppose Hitler’s radical views, and joining his ranks is unthinkable, it soon becomes clear that if Jurgen does not accept the job, their income will be taken away. Then their children. And then their lives.

Huntsville, Alabama, 1950–Twenty years later, Jurgen is one of many German scientists pardoned and granted a position in America’s space program. For Sofie, this is a chance to leave the horrors of her past behind. But when rumors about the Rhodes family’s affiliation with the Nazi party spread among her new American neighbors, idle gossip turns to bitter rage, and the act of violence that results tears apart a family and leaves the community wondering–is it an act of vengeance or justice?

An unforgettable novel that explores important questions highly relevant to the world today. –Christine Wells, author of Sisters of the Resistance

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