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Against a vivid backdrop of history Danielle Steel tells a compelling story oflove and war acts of faith and acts of betrayal...and of three generations ofwomen as they journey though years of loss and survival linked by anindomitable devotion that echoes across time.For the Wittgenstein family the summer of 1915 was a time of both prosperityand unease as the guns of war sound in the distance. But for eldest daughterBeata it was also a summer of awakening. By the glimmering waters of LakeGeneva the quiet Jewish beauty met a young French officer and fell in love.Knowing that her parents would never accept her marriage to a Catholic Beatafollowed her heart anyway. And as the two built a new life together Beataspast would stay with her in ways she could never have predicted. For as theyears pass and Europe is once again engulfed in war Beata must watch inhorror as Hitlers terror threatens her life and familyeven her eighteenyearold daughter Amadea who has taken on the vows of a Carmelite nun.For Amadea the convent is no refuge. As family and friends are swept awaywithout a trace Amadea is forced into hiding. Thus begins a harrowing journeyof survival as she escapes into the heart of the French Resistance. HereAmadea will find a renewed sense of purpose taking on the most daring missionsbehind enemy lines. And it is here in the darkest moments of fear that Amadeawill feel her mothers loving strengthand that of her mothers mother beforeheras the voices of lost loved ones echo powerfully in her heart. And hereamid the fires of war Amadea will meet an extraordinary man British secretagent Rupert Montgomery. In Colonel Montgomery Amadea finds a man who willhelp her discover her place in an unbreakable chain between generations...andbetween her lost family and her dreams for the futurea future she is onlyjust beginning to imagine a future of hope rooted in the rich soil of thepast.With the «
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