Those Who Save Us

Written by:
Jenna Blum
Narrated by:
Suzanne Toren

Unabridged Audiobook

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23
Narrator
8
Release Date
July 18, 2008
Duration
15 hours 59 minutes
Summary
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

An estranged mother and daughter reunite to confront their family’s role in World War II in this harrowing, unforgettable novel about lost love and inherited shame.

For fifty years, Anna Schlemmer refused to talk about her life in Germany during World War II. Her daughter, Trudy, was only three when she and her mother were liberated by an American soldier and went to live with him in Minnesota. Trudy's sole evidence of the past is an old photograph: a family portrait showing Anna, Trudy, and a Nazi officer, the Obersturmfuhrer of Buchenwald. Driven by the guilt of her heritage, Trudy, now a professor of German history, begins investigating the past and finally unearths the dramatic and heartbreaking truth of her mother's life.

Combining a passionate, doomed love story, a vivid evocation of life during the war, and a poignant mother-daughter drama, Jenna Blume’s Those Who Save Us is a profound exploration of what we endure to survive.

The winner of the 2005 Ribalow Prize, awarded by Hadassah Magazine and adjudged by Elie Wiesel.

“In her compelling first novel, Jenna Blum forces a moral re-evaluation on her characters and on the reader. Cagily plotted between past and present, guilt and innocence, Those Who Save Us is a moving, unsentimental page turner.”—Alison Leslie Gold, author of Fiet's Vase and Anne Frank Remembered
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Lauren C.

Those Who Save Us is a fabulous story of historical fiction through both fictional first hand and second hand stories. The author does a wonderful job of linking the two sides of the story at the end and the narrator did a great job of bringing the story to life. highly recommend.

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Louise McCartney

Very enjoyable story, great narration too. The story was well laid out & the characters good

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Lia Suzanne W.

Perspectives- wartime romance, modern working woman, Jewish suffering, unexpected love, a surprising life with unimaginable results, and, of course, Nazi horror. But the author makes it an interesting read with an unforeseen conclusion. The narrator enhances the storyline easily with a variety of German accents- at least to my untrained ears. This book was extremely thought provoking. If you like learning about WWII, I think you might like this book.

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Anonymous

Loved this book real page turner, narration really good really brought it to life…

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