Our Forgotten Year

A Novel of Love and Hope in Italy During the Second World War

De: L.L. Abbott

Narrado por: Jack Carmichael

Duración: 8 h y 4 m

Resumen del Editor

It’s the summer of 1942, and life is starting to become more and more dangerous for Italian Jews like the Russo family. In their quiet village, Antonio Gallo and Gabriella Russo lived as most youths did - unaware of the hope lost to their parents’ generation, but believing in a future for themselves.

As rumors begin to swell about the presence of resistance fighters and a possible American armistice, Germany sends Colonel Weber to Italy, and he begins to apply pressure on Caporale Gallo in a desperate effort to retain control of the southern region and its people.

Antonio and his Catholic family are layered with protection from his uncle’s place in Mussolini’s government while Gabriella’s Jewish family is left to the mercy of those around them.

For the two young Italians, the shadow of war begins to darken their plans of a future together when Gabriella’s family is forcibly transported to an internment camp in Ferramonti.

Despite Antonio’s efforts to gain information from his uncle or support from his father, he sets out on a mission to free the Russos from captivity and possible death.

Morals and loyalty begin to collide as people in the small Italian village are torn between doing what’s right and what needs to be done when the fascists and Nazis begin to rip innocent lives apart.

Antonio and Gabriella’s feelings deepen as they near the most dangerous point in their lives, and together, they face the fear that every step they take forward risks tearing them apart forever. Their love and dreams are alive among the ruins of the small town and in the face of constant danger, but eventually, they both begin to wonder if it will be enough.

©2021 L.L. Abbott (P)2021 L.L. Abbott

Great historical WWII novel

This book is set in southern Italy. It takes place in a small town and explains what this town goes through in one year of the war. It is a story of family.
It is a story of love.
It is a story of how trust is tested in times of hardship
And it is a story of one of the worst cases of Racism in our world history.
I felt like I was living through this book with these characters. The book is full of emotion.
The narrator has a British accent. It was OK but some of the Italian words were not pronounced correctly. Especially some of the names.
If you like historical fiction read this book. You will love it!.

This book was a review copy and this is my honest review.