Midnight on the Marne, Sarah Adlakha
Midnight on the Marne, Sarah Adlakha
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Midnight on the Marne
A Novel

Author: Sarah Adlakha

Narrator: John Pirhalla, Saskia Maarleveld

Unabridged: 10 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/09/2022


Synopsis

Set during the heroism and heartbreak of World War I, and in an occupied France in an alternative timeline, Sarah Adlakha’s Midnight on the Marne explores the responsibilities love lays on us and the rippling impact of our choices.

France, 1918. Nurse Marcelle Marchand has important secrets to keep. Her role as a spy has made her both feared and revered, but it has also put her in extreme danger from the approaching German army.

American soldier George Mountcastle feels an instant connection to the young nurse. But in times of war, love must wait. Soon, George and his best friend Philip are fighting for their lives during the Second Battle of the Marne, where George prevents Philip from a daring act that might have won the battle at the cost of his own life.

On the run from a victorious Germany, George and Marcelle begin a new life with Philip and Marcelle’s twin sister, Rosalie, in a brutally occupied France. Together, this self-made family navigates oppression, near starvation, and unfathomable loss, finding love and joy in unexpected moments.

Years pass, and tragedy strikes, sending George on a course that could change the past and rewrite history. Playing with time is a tricky thing. If he chooses to alter history, he will surely change his own future—and perhaps not for the better.

A Macmillan Audio production from Forge Books.

About Sarah Adlakha

Sarah Adlakha is a native of Chicago who now lives along the Mississippi Gulf Coast with her husband, three daughters, two horses, and one dog. She started writing fiction shortly after retiring from her psychiatry practice. Her debut novel, She Wouldn’t Change a Thing, was a CNN most anticipated book of 2021. Midnight on the Marne is her second novel.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Rosh

In a Nutshell: An alternate history set around WWI. I liked the complicated and innovative storyline. But I think I would have adored this book had I read it instead of heard it. (The audiobook narrators are fabulous, nothing against them.) Story Synopsis: 1918. The final battle of WWI begins on the......more

What a book! Synopsis: “Set during the heroism and heartbreak of World War I, and in an occupied France in an alternative timeline, Sarah Adlakha’s Midnight on the Marne explores the responsibilities love lays on us and the rippling impact of our choices.” Marcelle is a nurse and a spy, which has her......more

I hardly know where to begin for this one...! Sarah Adlakha takes us back to 1918, to the first World War that was supposed to end all wars. But of course, it didn't, because we humans never learn.... Have I mentioned that I am an ardent pacifist? That I believe we foolish humans need to find alternat......more

Midnight on the Marne by Sarah Adlakha was a novel that was inspired by the true events that occurred at the final battle of World War I and to the men of the Third Infantry of the United States Army and those affected by the consequences of the outcome. It was told in alternative timelines and reli......more

Goodreads review by Karren

The final major German offensive of WWI, takes place on the banks of the River Marne in 1918, and the soldiers of the US Armies Third division need to stop them, otherwise they will take the Surmelin Valley and it’s the gateway to Paris. Marcelle Marchand and her twin sister Rosalie are voluntary nur......more