The Second WinterThe Second Winter
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eBook, 2016
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Current format, eBook, 2016, , Available. Offered in 0 more formatsFredrik Gregersen, a caretaker on a farm in Nazi-occupied Denmark, profits from helping Jewish fugitives cross the border, and when he steals a necklace from a Jewish family, his life is forever intertwined with a Polish prostitute in Copenhagen.
WINNER ' National Indie Excellence Award 2017 for Literary Fiction
BRONZE WINNER ' Foreword INDIES 2016, War & Military
HONORABLE MENTION ' San Francisco Book Festival 2017, General Fiction
"A great historical novel, a touching family saga, and a noir wartime thriller all rolled into one terrific narrative.' 'Lee Child, New York Times best-selling author
Set in Denmark in the darkest days of World War II, The Second Winter is a cinematic novel that, in its vivid portrayal of a family struggling to survive the German occupation, captures a savage moment in history and exposes the violence and want inherent in a father's love.
It is 1941. In occupied Denmark, an uneasy relationship between the Danish government and the Germans allows the country to function under the protection of Hitler's army, while Danish resistance fighters wage a bloody, covert battle against the Nazis. Fredrik Gregersen, a brutish, tormented caretaker of a small farm in Jutland laboring to keep his son and daughter fed, profits from helping Jewish fugitives cross the border into Sweden. Meanwhile, in Copenhagen, Polina, a young refugee from Krakow, finds herself impressed into prostitution by Germans and Danes alike. When Fredrik steals a precious necklace from a helpless family of Jews, his own family's fate becomes intertwined with Polina's, triggering a ripple effect that will take decades and the fall of the Berlin Wall to culminate.
WINNER ' National Indie Excellence Award 2017 for Literary Fiction
BRONZE WINNER ' Foreword INDIES 2016, War & Military
HONORABLE MENTION ' San Francisco Book Festival 2017, General Fiction
"A great historical novel, a touching family saga, and a noir wartime thriller all rolled into one terrific narrative.' 'Lee Child, New York Times best-selling author
Set in Denmark in the darkest days of World War II, The Second Winter is a cinematic novel that, in its vivid portrayal of a family struggling to survive the German occupation, captures a savage moment in history and exposes the violence and want inherent in a father's love.
It is 1941. In occupied Denmark, an uneasy relationship between the Danish government and the Germans allows the country to function under the protection of Hitler's army, while Danish resistance fighters wage a bloody, covert battle against the Nazis. Fredrik Gregersen, a brutish, tormented caretaker of a small farm in Jutland laboring to keep his son and daughter fed, profits from helping Jewish fugitives cross the border into Sweden. Meanwhile, in Copenhagen, Polina, a young refugee from Krakow, finds herself impressed into prostitution by Germans and Danes alike. When Fredrik steals a precious necklace from a helpless family of Jews, his own family's fate becomes intertwined with Polina's, triggering a ripple effect that will take decades and the fall of the Berlin Wall to culminate.
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