The Girl from the Channel Islands

Jenny Lecoat

eBook - 2021

The New York Times and Globe and Mail bestseller—for fans of All the Light We Cannot See and The Tattooist of Auschwitz!"Unforgettable" —Kelly Rimmer, New York Times bestselling authorInspired by true events, the riveting story of a young Jewish woman trapped on the occupied island of Jersey during World War II.Summer 1940: Hedy Bercu fled Vienna two years ago. Now she watches the skies over Jersey for German planes, convinced that an invasion is imminent. When it finally comes, there is no counterattack from Allied forces—the Channel Islands are simply not worth defending. Most islanders and occupying forces settle into an uneasy coexistence, but for Hedy, the situation is perilously different. For Hedy is Jewish—a fact t...hat could mean deportation, or worse.With no means of escape, Hedy hides in plain sight, working as a translator for the Germans while silently working against... more