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The things we cannot say : a novel / Kelly Rimmer.
In 1942, Europe remains in the relentless grip of war. Just beyond the tents of the Russian refugee camp she calls home, a young woman speaks her wedding vows. It's a decision that will alter her destiny - and it's a lie that will remain buried until the next century. Slipping between Nazi-occupied Poland and the frenetic pace of modern life, Kelly Rimmer creates an emotional and finely wrought narrative that weaves together two women's stories into a tapestry of perseverance, loyalty, love and honour.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781525831515
- Physical Description: 416 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Toronto : Graydon House, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2019.
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| Subject: | World War, 1939-1945 > Poland > Fiction. Life change events > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. |
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- 14 of 17 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Castlegar Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 17 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Castlegar Public Library | FIC RIM (Text) | 35146002132124 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
As Alina Dziak dreams of her fiancâe, Tomasz, returning from college for their wedding, invading Nazi forces take hold of her rural Polish village, dividing the town's families by fear and hate. - Baker & Taylor
Told in alternating voices from the present day and Nazi-occupied Poland, a follow-up to Before I Let You Go follows a woman's urgent search for answers to a family mystery involving her grandparents' wartime experiences. 100,000 first printing. - Harlequin
The New York Times bestsellerâfor fans of All the Light We Cannot See!
From the bestselling author of Truths I Never Told You, Before I Let You Go, and the The Warsaw Orphan, Kelly Rimmerâs powerful WWII novel follows a womanâs urgent search for answers to a family mystery that uncovers truths about herself that she never expected.
âFans of The Nightingale and Lilac Girls will adore The Things We Cannot Say.â âPam Jenoff, New York Times bestselling author
In 1942, Europe remains in the relentless grip of war. Just beyond the tents of the refugee camp she calls home, a young woman speaks her wedding vows. Itâs a decision that will alter her destinyâ¦and itâs a lie that will remain buried until the next century.
Since she was nine years old, Alina Dziak knew she would marry her best friend, Tomasz. Now fifteen and engaged, Alina is unconcerned by reports of Nazi soldiers at the Polish border, believing her neighbors that they pose no real threat, and dreams instead of the day Tomasz returns from college in Warsaw so they can be married. But little by little, injustice by brutal injustice, the Nazi occupation takes hold, and Alinaâs tiny rural village, its families, are divided by fear and hate.
Then, as the fabric of their lives is slowly picked apart, Tomasz disappears. Where Alina used to measure time between visits from her beloved, now she measures the spaces between hope and despair, waiting for word from Tomasz and avoiding the attentions of the soldiers who patrol her parentsâ farm. But for now, even deafening silence is preferable to grief.
Slipping between Nazi-occupied Poland and the frenetic pace of modern life, Kelly Rimmer creates an emotional and finely wrought narrative. The Things We Cannot Say is an unshakable reminder of the devastation when truth is silencedâ¦and how it can take a lifetime to find our voice before we learn to trust it.
Donât miss Kelly Rimmerâs newest novel, The Paris Agent, where a familyâs innocent search for answers brings a long-forgotten, twenty-five-year-old mystery featuring two female SOE operatives comes to light!
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For more by Kelly Rimmer, look for- Before I Let You Go
- Truths I Never Told You
- The Warsaw Orphan
- The German Wife
