Far From Home
- Authors: Danielle Steel
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- Genres: General Fiction
- Rank:Top 300 in Best Family Life Fiction Books on AmazonTop 500 in Best Women's Domestic Life Fiction on Amazon
- Rating: 4.7 based on 5,039 reviews
- Release Date: March 4, 2025
- Print length: 256 pages (Hardcover)
About the book
New York Times bestseller, danielle steel delivers an exciting and moving historical novel about a courageous wife and mother hiding in occupied france. Danielle Steel delivers an exciting and moving historical novel about a courageous wife and mother hiding in occupied France.
In July 1944, Arielle von Auspeck arrives at the luxurious Hotel Ritz in occupied Paris. She is half French, half German, and thrilled to be back in France, awaiting the arrival of her husband, Gregor, a retired colonel, who will be joining her soon from Germany. Arielle and Gregor have managed to keep their private opposition to Hitler hidden up to this point.
However, her world is shattered when she learns that Gregor was involved in Operation Valkyrie, a failed attempt to assassinate Hitler in Poland, and has been executed as a traitor. With a French passport provided by a high-ranking collaborator, she is swiftly taken out of Paris in the dead of night for her own safety.
As the Allies launch their assault on the beaches, Arielle hides in a small village in Normandy using an alias, unable to contact her adult children. There, she befriends Sebastien Renaud, a man whose wife and daughter were deported in 1941, and who eventually discloses his role as a forger for the Resistance. Together, they aid the Resistance efforts and cling to hope that they'll one day be able to reunite with their loved ones.
In "Far From Home," Danielle Steel masterfully portrays the devastation of World War II through a compelling tale of familial love that perseveres against insurmountable obstacles.
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