A Feather on the Water

A Novel

De: Lindsay Jayne Ashford

Narrado por: Abby Craden

For three women in postwar Germany, 1945 is a time of hope—lost and found—in this powerful novel by the bestselling author of The Woman on the Orient Express.

Just weeks after World War II ends, three women from different corners of the world arrive in Germany to run a Displaced Persons camp. They long to help rebuild shattered lives—including their own…

For Martha, going to Germany provides an opportunity to escape Brooklyn and a violent marriage. Arriving from England is orphaned Kitty. She hopes working at the camp will bring her closer to her parents, last seen before the war began. For Delphine, Paris has been a city of ghosts after her husband and son died in Dachau. Working at the camp is her chance to find meaning again by helping other victims of Hitler’s regime.

Charged with the care of more than two thousand camp residents, Martha, Delphine, and Kitty draw on each other’s strength to endure and to give hope when all seems lost. Among these strangers and survivors, they might find the love and closure they need to heal their hearts and leave their troubled pasts behind.

©2022 Lindsay Jayne Ashford (P)2022 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

A Different Look At WW II

I’ve always been interested in WWII
Novels; this is perspective I have never read or even thought about before: the plight of all the displaced persons created by the war.
A well told story of the refugee camps created for the caring & repatriation of thousands of displaced persons.

Great book

I have finished listening to the audio book and really enjoyed it. I have not read anything about the refuges after World War II ended. The author made it seem like one was in the camp with them. This is a interesting, well written book and the narrator was great too.

#1 in 2022 for me!!!!!

This is the first historical fiction I’ve read about the DP camps after World War 2. I have to admit it’s often crossed my mind- what does one do when you no longer have a past or identity? How do you begin to construct a life based on choices of ‘why not?’
A Feather on the Water is the story of three women who would never have crossed paths had there not been a war. An American fleeing an abusive marriage named Martha, a French nurse whose husband and son were killed in Dachau named Delphine, and a Polish/Austrian refugee of the kinder transport to England- Katja now known as Kitty.
Together they worked almost two years in helping over 300,000 displaced refugees from Poland and Czechoslovakia.
The characters which interact with these ladies are so rich and possess so much depth i was able to picture them all and still wonder what happened to them as they all began new lives.
A very interesting view into the process to emigrate and the counties policies and quotas.
I am very interested to look into other works by this author…especially after reading this in 24 hours!

A good story, amazing narration

An eye opening and well told story about the period just after WWII ended and what happened to those refugees who were displaced by the war (especially in Eastern Europe).

Abby Craden is an amazing voice actor who raised the story to a whole new level. The flexibility and range of her voice made it easy to distinguish the various characters. The accents were consistent, the children weren’t insipid and her male characters sounded like men not just a woman reading a male part. I will most definitely look for more books narrated by her.

a different war perspective

revealing inner secrets. a dramatic moment
three women from different corners of the world unite !!!