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Title details for The Curator's Daughter by Melanie Dobson - Available

The Curator's Daughter

by Melanie Dobson
Nancy Peterson
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Hanna Tillich cherishes her work as an archaeologist for the Third Reich, searching for the Holy Grail and other artifacts to bolster evidence of a master Aryan race. But when she is reassigned to work as a museum curator in Nuremberg, then forced to marry an SS officer and adopt a young girl, she begins to see behind the Nazi facade. A prayer labyrinth becomes a storehouse for her secrets, but as she comes to love Lilly as her own daughter, she fears that what she's hiding-and what she begins to uncover-could put them both in mortal danger. Eighty years later, Ember Ellis is a Holocaust researcher intent on confronting hatred toward the Jewish people and other minorities. She reconnects with a former teacher on Martha's Vineyard after she learns that Mrs. Kiehl's mother once worked with the Nazi Ahnenerbe. And yet, Mrs. Kiehl describes her mother as "a friend to the Jewish people." Wondering how both could be true, Ember helps Mrs. Kiehl regain her fractured childhood memories of World War II while at the same time confronting the heartache of her own secret past-and the person who wants to silence her forever.

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  • Release date

    March 9, 2021

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      • ISBN: 9781666546590
      • File size: 305741 KB
      • Duration: 10:36:57

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      In this audiobook, Nancy Peterson captures two very different worlds: WWII Europe and contemporary America. Hanna Tillich is a German archaeologist in the 1940s, and Ember Ellis is a contemporary American who seeks an authentic wartime hero to research for her PhD thesis. As Tillich, Peterson depicts a fascinating fearless woman who rejects her allegiance to the Nazis after observing their brutal tactics and fights desperately for her young adopted daughter. Equally well rendered is Ellis, who is the novel's weak link. Using Tillich as her subject, Ellis hopes to challenge present-day prejudices against global refugees. Sadly, coincidences detract from the story, which is otherwise rich with evocative description, compelling history, and tender spiritual elements--all skillfully presented by Peterson. S.G.B. © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine

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