"Gripping and touching" Independent"Memorable and moving" The TimesBound by blood, separated by love...Twin sisters, Lotte and Anna, share a bond that is far stronger thananyone except they alone can understand. But when war comesbetween them, the two discover that even the deepest bonds have theirlimits.Having been cruelly separated as children, Lotte and Anna are atlast reunited. Neither lost hope to see each other again. However, withEurope on the verge of war, much has changed between them. WhileLotte has enjoyed a privileged upbringing in liberal Holland, Anna hasendured a life of poverty in a Germany under the spell of Hitler. WithLotte now engaged to a Jewish musician, and Anna brainwashed byThird Reich ideas, cracks in their relationship soon appear. With the war on, the twins decide to part again.Back in Germany,Anna marries Martin, an Austrian soldier, who hates the war but joinsthe SS for the sake of his wife only to be killed a few days later. Anna isdevastated and longs for her sister. At the same time, Lotte's own life isin danger. The Nazis have invaded Holland and her lover has beentaken to Auschwitz. Knowing she will never see him again, all she cando is keep his family safe from Hitler's troops. Now an old woman, Lotte remembers the pain as, before her, standsthe sisters she disowned all those years ago. Can these two lives ever bereconciled? The twins now face their final test . . .Translated from the Dutch by Ruth Levitt
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