Description
Saving Amelie by Cathy Gohlke is a Christian historical novel set in Germany in the summer of 1939, as the Nazi regime tightens its control over the country. Rachel Kramer has become increasingly uneasy about her father’s genetic research and intends for her trip to Germany with him to be her last. But a cryptic letter from her estranged friend Kristine changes her plans.
Kristine is married to SS officer Gerhardt Schlick and fears for her daughter Amelie, who was born deaf and whom her husband regards as a threat to his Aryan bloodline. Rachel begins searching her father’s classified research files for answers about the regime’s plans for people it considers “unworthy of life”, only to uncover disturbing secrets about her own family. Hunted by the SS, she turns to American journalist Jason Young, who helps connect her with the resistance and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Together they risk their lives to protect those targeted by the regime.
A good choice for readers who enjoy Christian historical fiction, Second World War stories, Nazi-era Germany, resistance fiction and suspenseful stories of faith, courage and sacrifice.
