Daughter of the Reich

A Novel

De: Louise Fein

Narrado por: Marisa Calin

For fans of The Nightingale and All the Light We Cannot See, a spellbinding story of impossible love set against the backdrop of the Nazi regime.

She must choose between loyalty to her country or a love that could be her destruction....

As the dutiful daughter of a high-ranking Nazi officer, Hetty Heinrich is keen to play her part in the glorious new Thousand Year Reich. But she never imagines that all she believes and knows about her world will come into stark conflict when she encounters Walter, a Jewish friend from the past, who stirs dangerous feelings in her. Confused and conflicted, Hetty doesn’t know whom she can trust and where she can turn to, especially when she discovers that someone has been watching her.

Realizing she is taking a huge risk - but unable to resist the intense attraction she has for Walter - she embarks on a secret love affair with him. Together, they dream about when the war will be over and plan for their future. But as the rising tide of anti-Semitism threatens to engulf them, Hetty and Walter will be forced to take extreme measures.

Will the steady march of dark forces destroy Hetty’s universe - or can love ultimately triumph? Propulsive, deeply affecting, and inspired by the author’s family history, Daughter of the Reich is a mesmerizing pause-resister filled with vivid characters and a meticulously researched portrait of Nazi Germany. In this riveting story of passion, courage, and morality, Louise Fein introduces a bold young woman determined to tread the treacherous path of survival and freedom, showing listeners the strength in the power of love and reminding us that the past must never be forgotten.

©2020 Louise Fein (P)2020 HarperCollins Publishers

Interesting Perspective

So many books I have read often look at the Jewish, Polish, etc. side of World War 2, but I think it is also good to be reminded that not everyone on the German side agreed with Hitler's stance. This book explores that perspective. If you are a fan of WW2 novel's, this is a great read. Took a bit to get used to the narration, it went from breathy to grating often, but once I was able to get past that, I realized she was really capturing the emotion and rawness of the story.

The best pre-war book I’ve ever listened to

This audio book about first ten years leading up to ww2 was so enlightening . The hatred and brutality toward the Jews and German citizens were just brewing in their hatred of them. Even ten yrs before
Oh the unfairness of life . I kept hoping they could be together but never saw the end coming It also showed the goodness of many German people I look forward to more audio books by this author

Beautifully done!

I can not say enough about this story. Just beautifully done! The story itself was very well written but the narrator gave a wonderful performance!
This was a very sad time in history. this book should be required reading so it can bring attention to this point in time so it will never be repeated.
Get this audio book. I definitely recommend it. Sad but definitely makes you appreciate living in a free society even with some of the problems that comes with.

What a wonderful book

I could not stop listening , so well written and performed
Being German and knowing story’s from the war from my mother
I could somehow relate to it and I’m still crying as I write this review

Yes yes yes! Well done!

Did not expect this author to have me absolutely sobbing at the end of this story- but here I am sobbing. Well done.

Great prospectlive

It was hard to he t into at first, but it proved to he a very good story. I was completely won over.

A Nice Read

This was an interestingly astute vehicle to outline the power of propaganda on a young girl, her family, and the world that she lived in. The fictional characters and events accurately describes the horrible circumstances and the pressures to comply with the thinking of the Nazi regime. that the German people experienced during this tragic period in history.

Outstanding narration. Epilogue.

The narration was amazing. An excellent story capped off by a great epilogue. Not the typical nazi story I expected. I learned a lot about this part of the 1930s and expectations for young German women.

The courage in the midst of unbearable circumstances.

My father was in the Navy during WW II and I was a teenager during Vietnam, but my own existence was never directly touched by war until my sons served as submariners. I was very proud, but once they were out to sea and I faced the fear that something would happen and they might return I began to understand a different kind of heartache. My boys returned and have been treated for PTSD for many years now, but I am beyond grateful to watch them marry and have families of their own.
I read about life under Nazi occupation and my mind cannot fathom the fear and hunger and loss that so many suffered; families torn apart by the evil needs of men’s hearts.
This book is a wonderful read and so engages the reader in its pages that I wept big, ugly tears at its conclusion. America is not perfect, but even with all her bumps and bruises I am forever glad that this is the country I proudly call home.

Great book!

As others have said, it’s a slow start but so worth it in the end.