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Title details for The Winter Rose by Melanie Dobson - Available

The Winter Rose

by Melanie Dobson
Nancy Peterson
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In this gripping WWII time-slip novel from the author whose books have been called "propulsive" and a "must-read" (Publishers Weekly), Grace Tonquin is an American Quaker who works tirelessly in Vichy France to rescue Jewish children from the Nazis. After crossing the treacherous Pyrénées, Grace returns home to Oregon with a brother and sister whose parents were lost during the war. Though Grace and her husband love Élias and Marguerite as their own, echoes of Grace's past and trauma from the Holocaust tear the Tonquin family apart.
More than fifty years after they disappear, Addie Hoult arrives at Tonquin Lake, hoping to find the Tonquin family. For Addie, the mystery is a matter of life and death for her beloved mentor Charlie, who is battling a genetic disease. Though Charlie refuses to discuss his ties to the elusive Tonquins, finding them is the only way to save his life and mend the wounds from his broken past.

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  • Release date

    January 11, 2022

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781496464941
      • File size: 297523 KB
      • Duration: 10:19:50

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      Starred review from December 1, 2021

      Addie Hoult is widowed, pregnant, and about to lose the only father figure she has ever known. The search for a bone marrow donor for her beloved Papa C leads her to the coast of Oregon and down a rabbit hole of dusty genealogy records and decades-old secrets. Meanwhile across the ocean and the years, Quaker Grace Tonquin feels called to save Jewish children from Nazi Germany--no matter the personal cost. One little girl named Marguerite, who can see the colors of people's emotions, finds a special place in Grace's heart. Grace realizes that though she can carry the children over the Pyrenees Mountains to physical safety, but the things they have seen and done to survive still haunt their dreams even in America. VERDICT Dobson (Memories of Glass) is quickly establishing herself as a new powerhouse in dual-timeline Christian fiction. This is a potent examination of redemption after scars, and, more simply, a good story, told well. Readers of Kristy Cambron, Rachel Hauck, and Heidi Chiavaroli will welcome this historical timeslip novel.--Christine Barth, Scott Cty. Lib. Syst., IA

      Copyright 2021 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      This audiobook alternates between the years 1943 and 2003. In the enthralling opening we hear of Grace's courage, faith, and triumph as she escorts 11 Jewish children from Vichy France through the Pyrenees to safety in Spain. The alternate story follows a young, pregnant widow named Addie who goes to Oregon to search for a bone marrow donor for the man who turned around her troubled life. Nancy Peterson gracefully narrates both stories, which eventually converge, in a breezy style. Her voice effectively modulates to reflect the ages and circumstances of the characters. Her accents for the many French characters are conventional but charming. This work of Christian historical fiction, replete with biblical references, focuses on love, lies, resilience, and redemption. D.L.G. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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