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  • A View Across the Rooftops

  • By: Suzanne Kelman
  • Narrated by: Alan Medcroft
  • Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (47 ratings)

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A View Across the Rooftops

By: Suzanne Kelman
Narrated by: Alan Medcroft
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Publisher's Summary

Would you risk your life to save just one person?

An incredible story of love, hope, and friendship; and a testament to humanity and courage in history’s darkest days.

1941, Nazi-occupied Amsterdam. Professor Josef Held has never recovered from the loss of his beloved wife - and has no intention of ever letting anyone new into his quiet, safe world. It is a world where the clock ticks steadily in his mathematics classroom, where every equation has a solution. Every day he walks the same route home, past his neighbour Mrs Epstein’s, to a home inhabited only by him and a cat he refuses to even name.

But then the Nazis come for the Jews - and Mrs Epstein is killed. And Josef, in an impulsive act of courage, offers his student Michael Blum a place to hide.

Michael is everything Josef is not: spontaneous, poetic, and unafraid to love. Even though his passionate relationship with a Dutch girl called Elke strictly is forbidden by the Nazis - for he is Jewish, and she is not.

Desperate to give Michael and Elke’s love a chance to survive, Josef gives Michael refuge in his attic: an act of bravery and resistance that will change both of their lives. But as the dark days of war continue, with danger and betrayal at every turn, no-one can be trusted, and no one is safe.

If Michael is going to get back to the woman he loves, it is down to Josef - to find the hero inside himself, and do whatever it takes to keep Michael alive.

A heartbreakingly beautiful story about love, trust, and courage against the odds, perfect for fans of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Lilac Girls, and The Nightingale.

©2019 Suzanne Kelman (P)2019 Bookouture

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Heroic

Slow to start but then couldn’t put it down, beautifully written, a wonderful story of hope and love - a glimpse into the lives of the people of a brave city during great adversity

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A great, melodramatic saga

It needed to be cut by 1/3. The story would have been more powerful in the hands of a better writer.

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An extraordinary, moving story set in WW2 Holland

I absolutely loved this wonderful book of courage, love, loss and the extraordinary strength of the human spirit during times of unimagineable adversity. This book absolutely captivated me from the moment I started listening. Brilliant, believable and beautifully narrated, it brought me to tears on many occasions. I can't wait to read or listen to Suzanne's other books.

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Excellent

This had me hooked from start to finish well worth a read narration easy to listen to
just loved the story line. It has everything you want in a good book A must read

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