Summary
Resistance: A Story of Courage in Occupied Belgium
As the wife of a Resistance member in German-occupied Belgium, Claire Daussois has grown used to hiding strange men in her attic. By the end of 1943, the tiny room has housed dozens of Allied airmen, soldiers and other refugees, whom Claire nurses and harbours from the perpetual threat of discovery by the Gestapo.
The B-17 bomber that crash-lands outside Claire’s village of Delahaut contains the man who will be both the last…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349107288 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349107289 |
| Author: | Anita Shreve |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 3 June 1996 |
| Weight: | 222g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 21mm |
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Anita Shreve writes with such great sensitivity, describing events and landscapes so that one can see them…
‘Shreve is prolific, polished, unputdownable. Above all, she delivers serious topics with a readable touch’ GUARDIAN; ‘An enigmatic tale of impossible love and courageous self-sacrifice’ DAILY TELEGRAPH; ‘Anita Shreve writes with great sensitivity … this is a novel to admire’ SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
About The Author
Anita Shreve
Formerly a journalist (Newsweek, US magazine) and non-fiction writer, Anita Shreve’s first novel EDEN CLOSE, published in 1990, introduced a distinctively individual voice to literary fiction. She is the author of ten other bestselling novels, all available from Little, Brown and Abacus.
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