Audio Book Description:
For the Wittgenstein family, the summer of 1915 was a time of both prosperity an unease, as the guns of warsound in the distance. But for eldestdaughter Beata, it was a time of awaken-ing. By glimmering LakeGeneva, the quiet Jewish beauty met a young French officerand fell in love. Knowing thather parents would never accept her marriage to a Catholic,Beata followed her heart anyway. As the two built a newlife together, Beata`s past would staywith her, and when Europe faceswar onceagain, Beata must watchin horror as Hitler`s terrorthreatens her family - even her daughter Amadea, who has takenon the vows of a Carmelite nun. As a family and friends are swept away without a trace, Amadea is forced into hiding. Thus begins a harrowingjourney of survival, first in the Nazi death camps and then asthe escapes intothe heart of the French resistance and finds arenewed sense of purpose. In thedarkest moments of fear, Amadeawill feel her mother`s loving strength as thevoices of lost loved ones echo powerful-ly in her life. She will meet an extaor-dinary man, British secret agent Rupert Montgomery, who will help her discover her place in anunbreakable chain betweengenerations... between her lostfamily and her future.
