The Golden Doves: A Novel (International Edition)

Martha Hall Kelly

Doubleday, Canada

Lilac Girls

Inspired by the life of a real World War II heroine, this powerful debut novel reveals an incredible story of love, redemption, and terrible secrets that were hidden for decades.  New York socialite Caroline Ferriday has her hands full with her post at the French consulate and a new love on the horizon. But Caroline’s world is forever changed when Hitler’s army invades Poland in September 1939—and then sets its sights on France.   An ocean away from Caroline, Kasia Kuzmerick, a Polish teenager, senses her carefree youth disappearing as she is drawn deeper into her role as courier for the underground resistance movement. In a tense atmosphere of watchful eyes and suspecting neighbors, one false move can have dire consequences.   For the ambitious young German doctor, Herta Oberheuser, an ad for a government medical position seems her ticket out of a desolate life. Once hired, though, she finds herself trapped in a male-dominated realm of Nazi secrets and power.   The lives of these three women are set on a collision course when the unthinkable happens and Kasia is sent to Ravensbrück, the notorious Nazi concentration camp for women. Their stories cross continents—from New York to Paris, Germany, and Poland—as Caroline and Kasia strive to bring justice to those whom history has forgotten.   In Lilac Girls, Martha Hall Kelly has crafted a remarkable novel of unsung women and their quest for love, freedom, and second chances. It is a story that will keep readers bonded with the characters, searching for the truth, until the final pages.Narrator List:CAROLINE, read by Cassandra Campbell KASIA, read by Kathleen Gati HERTA, read by Kathrin KanaWith the Author's Note read by the author.Advance praise for Lilac Girls   “Inspired by actual events and real people, Martha Hall Kelly has woven together the stories of three women during World War II that reveal the bravery, cowardice, and cruelty of those days. This is a part of history—women’s history—that should never be forgotten.”—Lisa See, New York Times bestselling author of China Dolls   “This is the kind of book I wish I had the courage to write—a profound, unsettling, and thoroughly captivating look at sisterhood through the dark lens of the Holocaust. Lilac Girls is the best book I’ve read all year. It will haunt you.”—Jamie Ford, New York Times bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet   “Rich with historical detail and riveting to the end, Lilac Girls weaves the lives of three astonishing women into a story of extraordinary moral power set against the harrowing backdrop of Europe in thrall to Nazi Germany. Martha Hall Kelly moves effortlessly across physical and ethical battlegrounds, across the trajectory of a doomed wartime romance, across the territory of the soul. I can’t remember the last time I read a novel that moved me so deeply.”—Beatriz Williams, New York Times bestselling author of A Hundred Summers and The Secret Life of Violet Grant

Random House]

Sunflower Sisters

Ballantine Books

Inspired by the life of a real World War II heroine, this powerful debut novel reveals an incredible story of love, redemption, and terrible secrets that were hidden for decades. New York socialite Caroline Ferriday has her hands full with her post at the French consulate and a new love on the horizon.

Literature & Fiction

Literary

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From the New York Times bestselling author: Two spies risk everything to hunt down an infamous Nazi doctor in the aftermath of World War II.\n'Kelly weaves a fasinating tale of lesser-known hereos, inspired by true events, to enhance our understanding of history.' Starred Booklist 
'A compelling portryal of turmoil both personal and global.' Kirkus Reviews 
'Intriguing ... Histroical fictions fans wil be delighted.' Publishers Weekly 
__________\nTwo spies who have lost everything. Or have they?\nThe year is 1952. It's been over a decade since Josie and Arlette were arrested for working with the Resistance and imprisoned at the Ravensbrück concentration camp.\nNow working for the U.S. Army, Josie nurtures an ember of anger in her heart as she searches for the Nazi scientists who did unspeakable things to her mother.\nArlette, having exhausted all her finances in Paris to find her stolen son, is left with no choice but to take a charming stranger up on his offer to search his compound's orphanage in French Guiana.\nYet rumour has it the compound is filled with absconding Nazis.\nBoth women must work together to uncover the truth and save the ones they love from terrifying danger . . . 
__________\nReaders can't get enough of The Golden Doves ...\n***** 'FANTASTIC!!! This is another EXCELLENT + incredibly well-researched book by Martha Hall Kelly.' 
***** 'Martha Hall Kelly always delivers a gripping, poignant, and beautifully told story.' 
***** 'A wonderful and stunning postWWII-era historical fiction that is from one of my favorite authors. I loved it.' 
***** 'This is a wonderful WW2 historical fiction. It has mystery, suspense and will keep you reading to see what will happen next' 
***** 'I loved every minute of reading this book.'

The Golden Doves: from the global bestselling author of The Lilac Girls

Penguin (Cornerstone)

Genre Fiction

Penguin Books Australia

Lost Roses

Bantam,Australia

Following the million-copy bestseller Lilac Girls comes Lost Roses, which once again celebrates the unbreakable bonds of women’s friendship during the darkest days of history\nIt is 1914, and New York socialite Eliza Ferriday is thrilled to be traveling to St. Petersburg with Sofya Streshnayva, a cousin of the Romanov's. The two met years ago one summer in Paris and now Eliza is embarking on the trip of a lifetime, to see the splendors of Russia. But when Austria declares war on Serbia and Russia's Imperial dynasty begins to fall, Eliza escapes back to America, while Sofya and her family flee to their country estate. In need of domestic help, they hire the local fortuneteller's daughter, Varinka, unknowingly bringing intense danger into their household. On the other side of the Atlantic, Eliza is doing her part to help the White Russian families find safety as they escape the revolution. But when Sofya's letters suddenly stop coming she fears the worst for her best friend.\nFrom the turbulent streets of St. Petersburg and aristocratic countryside estates, to the avenues of Paris where a society of fallen Russian emigre's live, to the mansions of Long Island, the lives of Eliza, Sofya, and Varinka will intersect in profound and terrifying ways, taking readers on a breathtaking ride through a momentous time in history.

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The Golden Doves

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