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Echoes

For the Wittgenstein family, the summer of 1915 was a time of both prosperity and unease, as the guns of war sound in the distance. But for eldest daughter, Beata, it was a time of awakening. By glimmering Lake Geneva, the Jewish beauty met a young French officer and fell in love. Even though her pa...

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Main Author: Steel, Danielle.
Other Authors: Prebble, Simon.
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language: English
Published: New York : Random House Audio, p2004.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Underground movements > Fiction.
Christian converts from Judaism > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Women > Fiction.
Concentration camp inmates > Fiction.
Concentration camp escapes > Fiction.
Mothers and daughters > Fiction.
Women > Europe > Fiction.
Catholics > Fiction.
Nuns > Fiction.
France > History > German occupation, 1940-1945 > Fiction.
Historical fiction > Europe.
War stories > Europe.
Summary: For the Wittgenstein family, the summer of 1915 was a time of both prosperity and unease, as the guns of war sound in the distance. But for eldest daughter, Beata, it was a time of awakening. By glimmering Lake Geneva, the Jewish beauty met a young French officer and fell in love. Even though her parents would never accept her marriage to a Catholic, Beata followed her heart anyway. As the two built a new life together, Beata's past would stay with her, and when Europe faces war once again, Beata must watch in horror as Hitler's terror threatens her family, even her daughter Amadea who has taken on the vows of a Carmelite nun. As family and friends are swept away without a trace, Amadea is forced into hiding, thus beginning a harrowing journey of survival, first in the Nazi death camps and then in the French resistance.
Item Description: Abridged.
Physical Description: 8 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Issued also on cassette.
Format: Compact disc.
ISBN: 055375713X
Author Notes: Danielle Steel was born in New York City on August 14, 1947. She studied literature, design, and fashion design - first at Parsons School of Design and later at New York University. Her first novel, Going Home, was published in 1972. Her other books include The House on Hope Street, The Wedding, Irresistible Forces, Granny Dan, Bittersweet, Mirror Image, The Klone and I, The Long Road Home, The Ghost, Special Delivery, The Ranch, His Bright Light, Southern Lights, Blue, Country, The Apartment, Property of a Noble Woman, The Mistress, Dangerous Games, Against All Odds, The Duchess, Fairytale, Fall From Grace, The Cast, The Good Fight, and Turning Point. A number of her novels have made major bestseller lists and have also been adapted into TV movies or miniseries. She also writes children's books including the Max and Martha series. In 2002, she was decorated by the French government as an Officer of the Order des Arts et des Letters for her contributions to world culture.

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