The Ragged Edge of Night

Posted on 12 March 2017 by Olivia Hawker

For fans of All the Light We Cannot See, Beneath a Scarlet Sky, and The Nightingale comes an emotionally gripping, beautifully written historical novel about extraordinary hope, redemption, and one man s search for light during the darkest times of World War II.Germany, 1942 Franciscan friar Anton Starzmann is stripped of his place in the world when his school is seized by the Nazis He relocates to a small German hamlet to wed Elisabeth Herter, a widow who seeks a marriage in name only to a man who can help raise her three children Anton seeks something too atonement for failing to protect his young students from the wrath of the Nazis But neither he nor Elisabeth expects their lives to be shaken once again by the inescapable rumble of war As Anton struggles to adapt to the roles of husband and father, he learns of the Red Orchestra, an underground network of resisters plotting to assassinate Hitler Despite Elisabeth s reservations, Anton joins this army of shadows But when the SS discovers his schemes, Anton will embark on a final act of defiance that may cost him his life even if it means saying goodbye to the family he has come to love than he ever believed possible. New Download [ The Ragged Edge of Night ] By [ Olivia Hawker ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr I rarely read book blurbs, evenrarely do I believe them, and never make a decision to read a book based upon its fulsome and usually wildly ineffective and misleading blurb.Case in point here this novel is for fans of All the Light We Cannot See, Beneath a Scarlet Sky, and The Nightingale I thought All the Light We Cannot See was adequate, but certainly not worth a Pulitzer or the gushing reviews that followed like lemmings As for The Nightingale, I found it overwrought, rife with cli I rarely read book blurbs, evenrarely do I believe them, and never make a decision to read a book based upon its fulsome and usually wildly ineffective and misleading blurb.Case in point here this novel is for fans of All the Light We Cannot See, Beneath a Scarlet Sky, and The Nightingale I thought All the Light We ...Beautiful language Vibrant characters Evocative sense of time and place Highly recommend Loved this story of a friar, who though the Nazis stripped him of his office continued to live out his calling to love and make a difference in humble ways This is a literary novel, told in one point of view with present tense verbs Not everyone s cup of tea, but I felt this made this novel read like a lovely, almost poetic homily about life Much of the story takes place in Anton s head and heart, wit Beautiful language Vibrant characters Evocative sense of time and place Highly recommend Loved this story of a friar, who though the Nazis stripped him of his office continued to live out his calling to love and make a difference in humble ways This is a literary novel, told in one point of view with present tense verbs Not everyone s cup of tea, but I felt this made this novel read like a lovely, almost poetic homily about life Much of the story takes place in Anton s head and heart, with his remembrances and impressions of life around him Again, some might find this slow However, I loved this character his take on the world He drew me in from the first paragraph I could not stop reading I finished this book in a matter of hours Personally, this powerful story made me...Prime gift for SeptemberPut this on your special book shelf beside The Diary of Anne Frank and A Gentleman in Moscow Add Timothy Snyder s On Tyranny Don t forget the author s notes at the end And don t look at a single blurb till you ve read the book How I envy you if you have yet to read a page of this golden gift of lite...I enjoyed this story of life in a countryside setting, told from a point of view that was different from those I have read previously I learned lots about the internal German resistance and many of the events in the book have resonance nowadays The postscript about ...A Feel GoodStories of Germany often revolve on horror Here, a defrocked friar marries the widowed mother of three children and in small ways resists the evil of Nazi power in a rural village Sounds improbable, but this is based in fact Goodness rings true as the bells from the church.Put this on your special book shelf beside The Diary of Anne Frank and A Gentleman in Moscow Add Timothy Snyder s On Tyranny Don t forget the author s notes at the end And don t look at a single blurb till you ve read the book How I envy you if ...Character driven Excellence This is one of the best books I ve read Hawker s characters are believable, alive The real people and their struggles, both physical and spiritual, transcend the setting in WWII Germany When I read this story, I resonate...ExcellentThis is a well written novel taking place in a small German village It is about ordinary people who do their part in fighting the enemy It is a love story between two very different people Most fascinating, it is based on a true story I highly recommend reading it.RaggedI loved this book and recommend it to readers who currently want to resist the ominous events presently occurring in our country.

12 March 2017

Olivia Hawker