The resistance girl

The resistance girl

Mandy Robotham

Book - 2022

"War rages, and, under cover of darkness, Rumi Orlstad and her fellow resistance fighters smuggle British agents, fugitives and supplies across the North Sea into Nazi-occupied territory. One night, when he braves a storm to complete an ill-fated mission, Rumi's fianč is lost to the dangerous waters. Broken-hearted, she withdraws from the clandestine group, vowing never to let her loved ones put themselves in the line of fire again. But months later, Rumi stumbles across a Nazi secret that lays Hitler's plans for Norway bare, and she knows she has no choice but to risk her life for her country once more."--Back cover.

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Subjects
World War, 1939-1945 > Norway > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Underground movements > Norway > Fiction.
Anti-Nazi movement > Fiction.
Norway > Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Genres
Historical fiction
Published
London : Avon Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd 2022.
Language
English
Main Author
Mandy Robotham (author)
Item Description
"A novel" -- Cover.
Physical Description
ix, 410 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN
9780008453411
9780008523756
9780008523763
Contents unavailable.
Review by Booklist Review

The patriotic endurance of occupation finds a new spotlight in Robathman's historical fiction tale spanning the years between 1941 and 1946. It is set in Bergen, a tight-knit Norwegian fishing community, where Rumi Orlstad mourns the loss of her beloved Magnus amidst Resistance efforts to transport souls to free lands on the deadly and dangerous "Shetland Bus." Longtime neighbor and family friend, Marjit Sabo, watches Rumi and her father manage their herring business until an unexpected traveler, Jen Parkes, arrives with secret plans to wreak havoc on Nazi forces in the area. Jen works fast to support an underground network of Special Operations Executive (SOE) forces while those collaborating with the occupiers, or "Quislings," surround everyone with watchful eyes. Using their fishing undertakings as cover, Rumi and Jen find themselves in the middle of the evil Lebensborn program. Struggling to find hope and maybe a second chance at romance, Rumi, Jen, Marjit and the whole assortment of underground resistance operatives face their enemies with a new vigor of purpose. Readers of war fiction will appreciate the author's realistic portrayal of life in the heavily occupied country and women's fiction and romance readers will find comfort in Rumi's cracked but never completely broken heart.

From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.

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