My Son's Secret

Name: My Son's Secret
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Roberta Kagan
ISBN: 9798765025567

Author: Roberta Kagan

Series: Jews, The Third Reich, and a Web of Secrets #1

Narrator: Alice Jones

Unabridged: 8 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/18/2022

Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Jewish Fiction

Synopsis

My beautiful boy . . . Created in love . . . born into hatred.

There were so many terrifying stories about the Jews. People called them useless vermin, filthy, dangerous. Before I met Abram, I was afraid of them too. But I am about to tell you a very different story—a forbidden story.

My love for Abram defied all reason . . . as well as German law.

Tonight our son giggles with excitement as he blows out the candles on his birthday cake. But our safety is nothing but an illusion. As his candles burn out, a window shatters outside. The room shudders as the synagogue down the street is engulfed in flames.

Kristallnacht has begun.

When my hidden paradise crumbles like a stack of cards, I must do everything in my power to protect that which is most precious to me. My son's secret must remain hidden.

Before we lose everything.

About Roberta Kagan

Roberta Kagan is an American novelist who primarily writes historical fiction, most notably set during World War II and the Holocaust, although she has featured other time periods and settings. Her fans have a particular fondness and appreciation for her World War II period books, such as All My Love Detrick and A Flicker of Light, which are inspirational stories of ordinary people caught up in extraordinary circumstances.

Her father was of Romany descent, and her mother was Jewish. Her childhood was quite unusual, as the family was wealthy until she was thirteen years old, when her father suffered a reversal of fortune in his business. The family went from being privileged to being poor in a matter of months, and Roberta learned some valuable lessons about true friendship and what really matters in life that have carried over into her books and short stories. The Romany teachings she received from her father have also had a significant impact on her writing, and several of her books feature Romany characters.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Shirley on May 18, 2021

Sisters Choices This is a story of two sisters, Kara and Anka. It takes place in Germany and Poland prior to WWII at the beginning of Hitler's rise to power. The Nazi's have started to impose restrictions on the Jewish people and then it escalates to terror. Kara and Anka are very close because their......more

Goodreads review by Lori on June 06, 2021

World War II historical fiction is my favorite sub-genre of historical fiction. I may have too high expectations of the books I read but I found this one somewhat lacking. The storyline is very good. A poor girl, a gentile from a dysfunctional abusive family meets a Jewish boy from the other side o......more

Goodreads review by Beverley on August 16, 2022

I really enjoyed the story even if it's a stretch of the imagination. It's the first in a series of three and I'd like to continue the story so i am going to read the second in the series.The Stolen Child......more

Goodreads review by Jacquie on June 13, 2021

Fored to run for their lives when German soldiers infiltrate their city and destroy homes, raping and killing the innocent, Kara, Abram, their small son, and Abram's mother cower for days in a dirty staircase while fires rage and screams warn of the danger. Abram leaves to search for food and disappe......more

Goodreads review by John Grimes on June 13, 2021

BRILLIANT I couldn't put this down, I sat up all night reading it. At the end of every chapter I'd think, just one more then I'll go to sleep, before I knew it the sun was coming up and I'd reached the end, I can't wait for the next episode......more