The Roses Underneath, CF Yetmen
The Roses Underneath, CF Yetmen
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The Roses Underneath

Author: CF Yetmen

Narrator: Gryphon Corpus

Unabridged: 13 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/16/2015


Synopsis

It is August 1945 in Wiesbaden, Germany. With the country in ruins, Anna Klein, displaced and separated from her beloved husband, struggles to support herself and her six-year-old daughter, Amalia. Her job typing forms at the Collecting Point for the US Army's Monuments Men is the only thing keeping her afloat. Charged with securing Nazi-looted art and rebuilding Germany's monuments, the Americans are on the hunt for stolen treasures. But after the horrors of the war, Anna wants only to hide from the truth and rebuild a life with her family.

Reviews

Goodreads review by jv on June 17, 2021

Having never known the horrors, it is impossible to imagine the seemingly insurmountable challenge of rebuilding life in war-ravaged Germany. That is, unless you’ve read The Roses Underneath. History books took a multi-layered, complicated, convoluted, deplorable conflict and turned it into a black......more

Goodreads review by Rhetta on February 04, 2014

The Roses Underneath is an excellent first novel that will hook you immediately and keep you hooked. It takes place in post-World War II Germany and tells the story of Anna Klein, who is trying to survive and protect her 6-year-old daughter while yearning to be reunited with her husband who remains......more

Goodreads review by Anne on February 06, 2022

An amazing & powerful story Wow, what a powerful book, a powerful story. Intrigue, mystery, suspense, murder, corruption, mental health, the ravages and aftermath of war and family all combine in a fictional story of the work and people of The Monuments Men. Anna, the main protagonist of the story ha......more

Goodreads review by B on February 01, 2014

Imagine a place and time where cold rubble litters the summer postwar landscape and the survivors are living in poverty and fear. It is August 1945 in Wiesbaden, Germany. The American Monuments Men, having recovered artwork stolen by the Nazis, are cataloging the works at a Collecting Point warehous......more

Goodreads review by Jani on January 23, 2014

Wiesbaden, Germany – 1945 The war is over. At least the fighting is. But for the average German, each day is a struggle to find food, water, shelter, and work in the ravaged cities. Anna Klein and her young daughter Amalia left the Russian-held sector and her husband for the safer American controlled......more