Echoes

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For the Wittgenstein family the summer of 1915 was a time of both prosperity & unease. But for eldest daughter Beata it was a time of awakening. By glimmering Lake Geneva the quiet Jewish beauty met a young French officer & fell in love. Knowing that her parents would never accept her marriage to a Catholic Beata followed her heart anyway. But Beatas past would stay with her & when Europe faces war once again Beata must watch in horror as Hitlers terror threatens her family
- even her daughter Amadea who has taken on the vows of a Carmelite nun. As family & friends are swept away without a trace Amadea is forced into hiding. Thus begins a harrowing journey of survival first in the Nazi death camps & then as she escapes into the heart of the French resistance & finds a renewed sense of purpose. In the darkest moments of fear Amada will feel her mothers loving strength as the voices of lost loved ones echo powerfully in her life. She will meet an extraordinary man British secret agent Rupert Montgomery who will help her discover her place in an unbreakable chain between generations...between her lost family & her future. From the elegant rituals of Europes prewar aristocracy to the brutal desperation of Germanys death camps Danielle Steel weaves an intricate tapestry of a mothers love a daughters courage...and the unwavering faith that sustained them
- even in historys darkest hour.