Saints and Villains, Denise Giardina
Saints and Villains, Denise Giardina
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Saints and Villains

Author: Denise Giardina

Narrator: Susan O'Malley

Unabridged: 20 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/22/2005

Synopsis

Here is the imaginative reconstruction of the life of a Nazi resister, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, witnessing racism, leading a breakaway church in Germany as the Nazis rise to power, entering a dangerous liaison with a Jewish woman, undertaking perilous clandestine meetings abroad under cover of official church and intelligence business, and living the dark night of the soul in prison after the plotters fail.

About Denise Giardina

Denise Giardina is the author of Emily's Ghost, Fallam's Secret, The Unquiet Earth, and Saints and Villains, which won the Boston Book Review Prize. She is an ordained deacon in the Episcopal Church and lives in Charleston, West Virginia.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Elizabeth

Wow, what a story. Hard to read but important, I am not a huge fan on dwelling on humanity’s cruelness but during those times, so much goodness shines through as well. The author did a great job of writing it in a compelling story. Only 4 stars because the verb tense seemed weird to me, it was hard......more

Goodreads review by Ryan

A truly excellent look into one of the most thoroughly tested and brilliant theological minds of the 20th century. Written with compassion and care.......more

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