hamburg (germany)

"After a heated argument, Clara's fiance stormed out of their apartment, but before they have a chance to reconcile, he died a tragic accident. It's been two years, but she's still paralyzed with grief, and her friends are worried about her. So, to try to say what was left unsaid, she start's texting his old phone. What she doesn't realize is that the number has been reassigned. Across town, Sven's phone begins receiving mysterious but heartfelt text messages. He doesn't respond, but is captivated by the sender. His own relationship has been on the rocks, and when it ends he sets out to find the person who has been texting him. Neither Sven nor Clara knew what they were setting out to find, but it would change both of their lives forever"--Provided by publisher.

Assigned to oversee the reconstruction of Hamburg in the tumultuous year following World War II, Colonel Lewis Morgan grieves the loss of his son while living with his family in the home of a German widower, an arrangement that forces both families to confront their passions and true selves.

Two young people come of age during the early years of World War II, Ilse, half Jewish, begins her experiences in France, while Nicolai begins his as a Hitler Youth.

The daughter of a titled German woman and a Jewish attorney describes her life as a "half-breed" in Nazi Germany.

In the summer of 1943, British and American bombers launched an attack on the German city of Hamburg. For ten days they pounded the city with over 9,000 tons of bombs. The firestorm they created was visible for 200 miles, and pockets burned for a month. After the bombing, as the people of Hamburg emerged from their cellars and shelters, they were confronted with a vision of hell: a sea of flame, the burned-out husks of fire engines, roads that had become flaming rivers of melted tarmac, and hurricane-force winds.

Chronicles the meteoric rise and fall of a young pop music star in Germany, as well as the relationships she builds and destroys along the way.

Thirteen-year-old Ilse learns to rely on herself for survival after her mother Lore, terrified the Nazis will discover the girl is half-Jewish, sends her to live with a relative in Morocco in 1939, while in Germany, one of the privileged children Lore cares for in her job as a nursemaid, confesses his growing discomfort with his role in the Hitler Youth.