Sabine's War

SKU: 9780008519186
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Sabine's War

SKU: 9780008519186
Author: Eva Taylor-Tazelaar
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At a glance

💀 Tone
Emotional, powerful, haunting
⚡ Pace
Medium, immersive
🖤 Vibes
WWII resistance, courage, survival
👑 Themes
Love, sacrifice, resilience
🧠 Mind Game
Reflective with emotional depth
🔥 Hook
In the shadow of war, one woman’s courage could mean the difference between life and death.
👀 Perfect For
Fans of The Nightingale and WWII historical fiction
📖 Readers Who’ll Love This
Readers who enjoy strong female leads, wartime stories, and emotionally rich storytelling
An astonishing tale of romance, resistance and bravery

‘A sad and beautiful book, shining a light on quiet heroism in dark times.’ Lucy Adlington, New York Times bestselling author of The Dressmakers of Auschwitz
Sabine’s War is the previously untold story of a remarkable resistance fighter and her incredible story of survival against the odds.

When Germany invaded Holland in May 1940, Sabine Zuur joined the resistance movement without a moment’s hesitation aged just 22. Helping to hide those avoiding the German authorities, she was soon betrayed and subjected to repeated violent interrogations. Many of her friends were executed but Sabine was instead sent to the Mauthausen concentration camp, via the Amersfoort and Ravensbrück camps. Enduring gruelling conditions and backbreaking forced manual labour, she survived through a combination of guile and good fortune.

But it was only after Sabine’s death that her daughter Eva discovered an archive of letters detailing her extraordinary life, revealing a rich inner world and a past she had discussed little. Amongst them were declarations of love from pilot Taro, shot down in his Spitfire over northern France aged just 26; notes from Sabine’s second love Gerard, executed by the Germans; letters to her mother smuggled out in her prison laundry; and passionate, creepy missives from a German professional criminal named Gebele who would ultimately save Sabine’s life. She emerges from this correspondence as a woman with an indefinable aura, somehow in control of her own destiny even when to all intents and purposes she was not.

A transfixing story of survival, Sabine’s War captures a remarkable life in the words of the young woman who lived it.

Book details

Format
Paperback
Pages
224
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Language
English
ISBN
9780008519186

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