The Winter Guest: A Novel – A Stirring WWII Historical Fiction Epic of Love and Resistance - Softcover

Jenoff, Pam

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0778311570 ISBN 13: 9780778311577

Publisher: Park Row, 2021

Synopsis

A stirring novel of first love in a time of war and the unbearable choices that could tear sisters apart, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Orphan’s Tale

Life is a constant struggle for the eighteen-year-old Nowak twins as they raise their three younger siblings in rural Poland under the shadow of the Nazi occupation. The constant threat of arrest has made everyone in their village a spy, and turned neighbor against neighbor. Though rugged, independent Helena and pretty, gentle Ruth couldn’t be more different, they are staunch allies in protecting their family from the threats the war brings closer to their doorstep with each passing day.

Then Helena discovers an American paratrooper stranded outside their small mountain village, wounded, but alive. Risking the safety of herself and her family, she hides Sam—a Jew—but Helena’s concern for the American grows into something much deeper. Defying the perils that render a future together all but impossible, Sam and Helena make plans for the family to flee. But Helena is forced to contend with the jealousy her choices have sparked in Ruth, culminating in a singular act of betrayal that endangers them all—and setting in motion a chain of events that will reverberate across continents and decades.

Originally published in 2014.

Don’t miss Pam Jenoff’s new novel, Last Twilight in Paris, a gripping mystery and an unforgettable story about love and survival.


Read these other sweeping epics from New York Times bestselling author Pam Jenoff:

• Code Name Sapphire 
• The Lost Girls of Paris
• The Woman with the Blue Star
• The Orphan’s Tale
• The Ambassador’s Daughter
• The Diplomat’s Wife
• The Last Summer at Chelsea Beach
• The Kommandant’s Girl

About this title

About the Author

Pam Jenoff is the author of several books of historical fiction, including the NYT bestsellers The Lost Girls of Paris and The Woman with the Blue Star. She holds a degree in international affairs from George Washington University and a degree in history from Cambridge, and she received her J.D. from UPenn. She lives with her husband and three children near Philadelphia, where, in addition to writing, she teaches law school.

Edition details

• Publisher: Park Row
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0778311570
• ISBN 13: 9780778311577
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352