The Boy in the Attic
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Anna opened the letter with trembling hands. ‘My darling, if you’re reading this, I haven’t managed to unravel my parents’ secret. But you can. Will you finish the search for me, find out who they were, and who you really are?’
Nazi-occupied Holland, 1944. As soldiers patrol the streets, Ilse is only just surviving the terrible famine and increasingly violent German occupation. The Hunger Winter takes its toll as the food runs out and Ilse is forced to go foraging for tulip bulbs to keep her family alive.
Ilse accepts a nursing job at a sanatorium far from home, next door to her friend’s house. One evening she hears noises and discovers that her friend is sheltering a Jewish boy in the attic. But as the war worsens, keeping Levi a secret becomes ever more difficult, even as their mutual affection grows. And when a local German soldier becomes obsessed with Ilse, they fear their time – and luck – has run out…
London, present day. When Anna’s father dies, he leaves her a ticket to Amsterdam, a bent silver sixpence on a delicate silver chain, and a note begging her to complete the journey he was never able to. To the town where he was born, to find out once and for all who his parents were, and to discover their wartime fate.
Based on the Imogen’s incredible family history, a totally devastating and ultimately uplifting story about a girl who risked everything, including her life, to save the man she loved.
What readers are saying about The Boy in the Attic:
‘The author makes you visualize each chapter vividly with her descriptions and candid paragraphs expressing the characters’ thoughts and feelings as the story unfolds.’
***** Kayla Braxton, Goodreads
‘You’ll be swept away by her beautifully written accounts of ordinary people’s struggle for survival in the most difficult of times.”
***** Netgalley reviewer
‘…emotive, suspenseful and unpredictable. A really enjoyable read.’
***** Netgalley reviewer