Kate Thompson: The Wartime Book Club
The Wartime Book Club
Buch
- Grand Central Publishing, 04/2024
- Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9781538757017
- Bestellnummer: 11582203
- Umfang: 512 Seiten
- Gewicht: 408 g
- Maße: 203 x 133 mm
- Stärke: 33 mm
- Erscheinungstermin: 9.4.2024
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
Inspired by true events, The Wartime Book Club is an unforgettable story of everyday bravery and resistance, full of romance, drama, and camaraderie and a tribute to the joy of reading and the power of books in our darkest hour.The Isle of Jersey was once a warm and neighborly community, but in 1943, German soldiers patrol the cobbled streets, imposing a harsh rule.
Nazis have ordered Grace La Mottée, the island's only librarian, to destroy books that threaten the new regime. Instead, she hides the stories away in secret. Along with her headstrong best friend, she wants to fight back. So she forms the Wartime Book Club: a lifeline, offering fearful islanders the joy and escapism of reading.
But as the occupation drags on, the women's quiet acts of bravery become more perilous – and more important – than ever before. And when tensions turn to violence, they are forced to face the true, terrible cost of resistance . . .
Based on astonishing real events, The Wartime Book Club is a love letter to the power of books in the darkest of times – as well as a moving page-turner that brings to life the remarkable, untold story of an island at war.
Biografie
Kate Thompson, geb. in Belfast, Studium der englischen und französischen Literatur in Dublin. Danach Theater- und TV-Schauspielerin. 1989 Gewinn des Best Actress Award. Arbeit für eine erfolgreiche irische Soap-Opera und Buchautorin. Kate Thompson lebt mit ihrer Familie in Dublin.![Kate Thompson: The Wartime Book Club, Buch](https://lesen.de/image/w468/front/0/9781538757017.jpg)
Kate Thompson
The Wartime Book Club
EUR 19,43*