City of women

Description:

Whom do you trust, whom do you love, and who can be saved? At the height of World War II, Berlin has become a city of women. Sigrid Schröder, the model German soldier's wife, goes to work every day, does her best with her rations, cares for her meddling mother-in-law, and ignores the horrors of the regime. But behind this façade Sigrid dreams of her lover, lost in the chaos of war. Her lover is a Jew. And Sigrid is not the only one with secrets.

subjects: Women,  Fiction,  Military spouses,  Nazis,  History,  Fiction, historical,  Berlin (germany), fiction,  Nazis, fiction,  Large type books,  nyt:trade-fiction-paperback=2013-06-02,  New York Times bestseller,  Fiction, historical, general

Places: Germany,  Berlin,  Berlin (Germany)

Times: 1918-1945