![]() ![]() The women must take extraordinary risks to save the lives of mother and baby. When Hanna discovers that Tilde is hiding near the school, she knows she must help her however she can. ![]() The risk of discovery grows greater with each passing day, but she has no other options. Runyan captures the heart-thumping years after Pearl Harbor and then wanders through the terrifying battles of Hurgen Forest. But when the unthinkable happens, Tilde realizes she must hide. Expertly winding between WWII and present time, Across the Winding River accomplishes the almost-impossible: layering three stories that come together to take your breath away. Torn from her work, her family, and her new husband, she fights to keep her unborn baby safe. The lessons of hatred, prejudice, and misogyny disturb her and she finds herself desperate to escape.įor Mathilde Altman, a German Jewish woman, the war has brought more devastation than she ever thought possible. The independence that her mother lovingly fostered in her is considered highly inappropriate as the future wife of an up-and-coming officer and she is sent to a "bride school." There, in a posh villa on the outskirts of town, Hanna is taught how to be a "proper" German wife. Thrown into a life of luxury she never expected, Hanna soon finds herself unwillingly matched with an SS officer. As the war begins, Hanna Rombauer, a young German woman, is sent to live with her aunt and uncle after her mother's death. ![]()
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