The Plum Tree: An Emotional and Heartbreaking Novel of Ww2 Germany and the Holoc

<b><i></i>A touching story of heroism and loss, a testament to the strength of the human spirit and the power of love to transcend the most unthinkable circumstances. <br>--Pam Jenoff, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Lost Girls of Paris</i></b> <p/> <b><i>From the internationally bestselling author of </i>The Orphan Collector <i>comes</i> <i>a haunting and lyrical tale of love and humanity in a time of unthinkable horror. The debut novel from a powerful voice in historical fiction, this resonant and courageous saga of a young German woman during World War II and the Holocaust is a must-read for fans of </i>The Tattooist of Auschwitz <i>and </i>The Alice Network.</b> <p/> "Bloom where you're planted, is the advice Christine B lz receives from her beloved Oma. But seventeen-year-old domestic Christine knows there is a whole world waiting beyond her small German village. It's a world she's begun to glimpse through music, books--and through Isaac Bauerman, the cultured son of the wealthy Jewish family she works for. <p/> Yet the future she and Isaac dream of sharing faces greater challenges than their difference in stations. In the fall of 1938, Germany is changing rapidly under Hitler's regime. Anti-Jewish posters are everywhere, dissenting talk is silenced, and a new law forbids Christine from returning to her job--and from having any relationship with Isaac. In the months and years that follow, Christine will confront the Gestapo's wrath and the horrors of