Miss Grahams War, Celia Rees
Miss Grahams War, Celia Rees
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Miss Graham's War

Author: Celia Rees

Narrator: Stephanie Racine

Unabridged: 18 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 05/14/2020

Synopsis

Germany, 1946 History hides many secrets One woman will hunt for the truth… *Previously published as ‘Miss Graham’s Cold War Cookbook’* ‘A perfect summer read; gripping, original, well-drawn and compassionate’ 'Celia Rees is a superb writer, and this novel has one of the most irresistible and unique story hooks I've ever come across' It’s 1946 and the dust of war has settled over Europe. But for Edith Graham, an ordinary woman living an ordinary life, her journey is only just beginning. Escaping her humdrum existence, Edith is swept into war-torn Germany and recruited to draw elusive Nazis out of hiding. But the closer she gets to the truth, the more blurred the line between good and evil. In a shadowy world of shifting loyalties, where no-one is quite who they seem to be, who can Edith trust? ‘This is a ’ ‘It’s ’ ‘ . . .It really was a super read and it took me through the emotions as I was reading’ ‘’ ‘A brilliant story, based on the facts of what actually went on during this time, you have to read this book!’ ‘! The plot is exceptionally well-written and much research has gone into the book’ Daughter. Sister. Friend. Readers are gripped by Miss Graham’s War:

About Celia Rees

Celia Rees is an award-winning YA novelist who is one of Britain's foremost writers for teenagers.  Her novel Witch Child has been published in 28 languages and is required reading in secondary schools in the UK.  Rees’s books are published in the US by Candlewick and Scholastic. Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook is her first adult novel. A native of the West Midlands of England, she lives with her family in Leamington Spa. 

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ceecee on June 16, 2021

4+ Teacher and fluent German speaker Edith Graham has an affair in the 1930’s with Kurt von Stavenhow about whose Nazi views she is unaware of. In 1945 she is co-opted by the Control Commission, Education Branch and is sent to Lubeck. Her secret mission is to track down von Stavenhow. To keep friends......more

Goodreads review by Annette on May 22, 2020

Set in post-war Germany, this atmospheric story vividly explores the time period and involves a rush, time is precious, to uncover a network of spies and war criminals. And this involves a young British woman who fits a profile of being single, ordinary looking and with a college degree in German –......more

Goodreads review by Louise on June 18, 2021

3.5 stars rounded up to 4 WWII has just ended, as Britain has established the Control Commission for Germany, which oversees their zone of occupation. the Control Commission hires British civilians to work in Germany, rebuild the shattered nation and prosecute war crimes. Bored with her job as a prov......more

Goodreads review by Joan on July 06, 2020

Set in Germany just after World War II, this novel tells the story of intrepid Edith Graham. After sitting out the war in England as a provincial schoolteacher and caring for her overbearing mother, Edith decides to take a job re-establishing schools in Germany for the British Control Commission of......more

Goodreads review by Cindy on July 31, 2020

Miss Graham’s Cold War Cookbook opens as World War 2 has ended. Edith Graham, a 30-something English woman, is eager to leave her home so she applies to Britain’s Control Commission for Germany, an entity that sends British citizens to Germany to help rebuild the country and locate and prosecute Ger......more

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‘A perfect summer read; gripping, original, well-drawn and compassionate’ Joanne Harris ‘Celia Rees is a superb writer, and this novel has one of the most irresistible and unique story hooks I've ever come across. This book deserves to be huge!' Bestselling author, Sophie Hannah ‘The novel's attention to detail is remarkable, a true historian at work. It is also a thriller and a troubled love story. You won’t want to put it down. I lived every moment. Highly recommended’ Bestselling author, Carol Drinkwater ‘Miss Graham’s Cold War Cookbook is that rarity: a novel that has both gentle charm and compulsive page-turning tension. Who could fail to love Edith Graham, schoolteacher and unlikely spy, with her coded recipes and a Luger in her handbag?’ Judith Alnatt ‘This book reminded me why I love reading . . . Edith Graham is a sophisticated, warm-blooded and talented protagonist, who must learn not to trust anyone’ Michelle Lovric ‘I couldn't put it down . . . I loved the details, the intimacy, and the entire experience. Perfect for readers of Kate Quinn's The Alice Network’ Elizabeth Chadwick ‘Betrayals, double crosses and twists . . . A triumph of plotting, research and first class storytelling’ Mary Hoffman 'I’ve just finished this simmering story of post-war intrigue . . . gripping and moving in equal measure, and served with a wealth of well-researched historical detail' Clare Mulley Praise for Celia Rees: ‘The prolific, erudite and consistently brilliant Celia Rees is justly renowned for her dizzyingly inventive plots’ ‘This is a powerful, absorbing and unusual novel’

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