Across the Winding River
Across the Winding River by Aimie K. Runyan, published by Amazon Publishing in 2020, is a historical fiction novel that delves into the complexities of family and the impact of war. This 304-page book follows Beth Cohen as she seeks to understand her father Max’s experiences as a medic during World War II. While going through a box of his wartime memorabilia, she discovers a photograph that raises questions about his past and the secrets he has kept.
Readers will find a narrative that intertwines themes of sacrifice and love, as Beth uncovers the story of her father’s involvement in the underground resistance alongside a German woman married to a Nazi officer. The novel explores the emotional weight of memories and the connections that bind families, particularly through the lens of war and its lasting effects. As Beth learns more about her father’s history and meets a woman with her own poignant past, the story reveals the depth of human experience shaped by conflict and the quest for closure.
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A woman unlocks the mystery of her father’s wartime past in a moving novel about secrets, sacrifice, and the power of love by the bestselling author of Daughters of the Night Sky.
Beth Cohen wants to make the most of the months she has left with her elderly father, Max. His only request of his daughter is to go through the long-forgotten box of memorabilia from his days as a medic on the western front. Then, among his wartime souvenirs, Beth finds a photograph of her father with an adoring and beautiful stranger–a photograph worth a thousand questions.
It was 1944 when Max was drawn into the underground resistance by the fearless German wife of a Nazi officer. Together, she and Max were willing to risk everything for what they believed was right. Ahead of them lay a dangerous romance, a dream of escape, and a destiny over which neither had control.
But Max isn’t alone in his haunting remembrances of war. In a nearby private care home is a fragile German-born woman with her own past to share. Only when the two women meet does Beth realize how much more to her father there is to know, all the ways in which his heart still breaks, and the closure he needs to heal it.
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