The German wife
Rimmer, Kelly2022
Book
Berlin, 1934. Sofie Rhodes is the aristocratic wife of a scientist whose post-WWI fortunes change for the better when her husband, Jurgen, is recruited for Hitler's new rocket project. But too late they realise the Nazis' plans to weaponise Jurgen's technology as they begin to wage war against the rest of Europe. Alabama, 1950. Jurgen is one of hundreds of Nazi scientists offered pardons and taken to the US to work for the CIA's fledgling space program. Sofie, now the mother of four, misses Germany terribly and struggles to fit in among the other NASA wives. When news about the Rhodes family's affiliation with the Nazi party spreads, idle gossip turns to bitter rage, and the act of violence that results will tear apart a community and a family before the truth is finally revealed - but is it murder, revenge or justice?
Main title:
The German wife / Kelly Rimmer.
Author:
Rimmer, Kelly, author
Work:
Imprint:
Sydney, NSW : Hachette Australia, 2022.©2022
Collation:
441 pages ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes discussion questions.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9780733646072 (paperback)
Dewey class:
A823.4
Language:
English
Subject:
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei -- FictionWives -- Germany -- FictionNazis -- FictionRocketry -- Germany -- FictionAstronautics -- United States -- FictionTruth -- FictionGossip -- FictionRockets (Ordnance) -- Research -- Germany -- FictionWorld War, 1939-1945 -- FictionScientists -- Germany -- FictionMarried people -- FictionScientists -- Recruiting -- FictionMilitary research -- FictionBrain drain -- FictionGermans -- United States -- FictionCommunities -- FictionBerlin (Germany) -- FictionHistorical fiction
BRN:
403999