A Woman of War
By (Author) Mandy Robotham
HarperCollins Publishers
AVON, a division of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
12th April 2019
21st March 2019
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Saga fiction (family / generational sagas)
823.92
Paperback
386
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 23mm
260g
For readers of The Tattooist of Auschwitz and Kate Furnivall comes a gritty tale of courage, betrayal and love in the most unlikely of places.
Also published as The German Midwife.
A powerful, haunting debut Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network
Incredibly powerful, harrowing but ultimately uplifting. I couldnt put this down. Katie Fforde, author of A Rose Petal Summer
A fascinating story which had me forgetting its fiction! So well written, I was left pondering if the events could actually be true. Enthralling! Kitty Neale, author of A Sisters Sorrow
Absorbing and totally believable a wonderful WW2 novel. Molly Green, author of An Orphans War
I cannot give enough praise for A Woman of War. This is definitely #1 on my list of [historical fiction] books Ive read in 2018. NetGalley Reviewer
If you are looking for a page turner, this is it. I read the book cover to cover in 48 hours. If I could give this book a 6/5 stars I would! NetGalley Reviewer
The writing was excellent and the characters realistic [] an interesting and thoughtful page turner. NetGalley Reviewer
Very compelling. NetGalley Reviewer
Germany, 1944. Taken from the camps to serve the Fhrer himself, Anke Hoff is assigned as midwife to one of Hitlers inner circle. If she refuses, her family will die.
Torn between her duty as a caregiver and her hatred for the Nazi regime, Anke is swept into a life unlike anything shes ever known and she discovers that many of those at the Berghof are just as trapped as she is. And soon, shes falling for a man who will make her world more complicated still
Before long, the couple is faced with an impossible choice and the consequences could be deadly. Can their forbidden love survive the horrors of war And, more importantly, will they
Mandy Robothams highly awaited next book, The Secret Messenger, is out now.
Incredibly powerful, harrowing but ultimately uplifting. I couldnt put this down. Katie Fforde
A fascinating story which had me forgetting its fiction! So well written, I was left pondering if the events could actually be true. Enthralling! Kitty Neale
Absorbing and totally believable a wonderful WW2 novel. Molly Green
I cannot give enough praise for A Woman of War. This is definitely #1 on my list of historical fiction books Ive read in 2018. NetGalley Reviewer
If you are looking for a page turner, this is it. I read the book cover to cover in 48 hours. If I could give this book a 6/5 Stars I would! NetGalley Reviewer
The writing was excellent and the characters realistic [] an interesting and thoughtful page turner. NetGalley Reviewer
Very compelling. NetGalley Reviewer
This book absolutely DESTROYED me. I went into it with high expectations, and I certainly wasn't let down. NetGalley Reviewer
Mandy Robotham has been an aspiring author since the age of nine, but was waylaid by journalism and later enticed by birth. She's now a practising midwife who writes about birth, death, love and everything else in between. She graduated with an MA in Creative Writing from Oxford Brookes University. This is her first novel.