A Light in the Northern Sea

Praise for Tim Brady“An inspiring and suspenseful history that showcases grassroots efforts to stand up to tyranny.” —Publishers Weekly on A Light in the Northern Sea “A Light in the Northern Sea lives up to its subtitle, evocatively chronicling ‘Denmark’s incredible rescue of their Jewish citizens during WWII.’ The book contextualizes the clandestine sealift with vivid descriptions of Germany’s six-hour occupation of neutral Denmark, the slow-boil circumstances that triggered the rescue, the harrowing work of the country’s organized resistance, and the critical efforts of humanitarian movements as the war lurched to its bloody end.” —The Cipher Brief“Books that read like thrillers do not often turn out to be illu­mi­nat­ing his­tor­i­cal trea­tis­es, but A Light in the North­ern Sea is an excep­tion. [It] is exact­ly the type of book that edu­cates, enlight­ens, and great­ly expands our under­stand­ing, as we are giv­en a deep look at a slice of his­to­ry and a wide view of a crit­i­cal event in the end­less saga of the Jew­ish fight for survival. … In riv­et­ing prose, Brady describes how every­day Danes became overnight heroes. …The result of this research and expo­si­tion is a book that inspires us by the exam­ples we grow to admire and, per­haps, might some­day even emu­late, show­ing us a path through a suc­cess­ful grass­roots effort to stand up to tyranny.” —Jewish Book Council“The book’s teenage protagonists and their bravery will enthrall young adults, who may find themselves inspired to take up their own causes.” —The Washington Post on Three Ordinary Girls“Brady paints a compelling picture of the fear, tragedy and paranoia of living in an enemy-occupied land. Heroism and betrayal exist side by side; mistakes are made in the fog of war.” —Minneapolis Star-Tribune on Three Ordinary Girls“A book like this makes you wonder what choices you would make in the same situation… The stories of these three brave young women is a powerful example of counterfactual history.” —Medium on Three Ordinary Girls“A dramatic group portrait of three teenage girls who fought in the Dutch resistance movement during WWII. Brady conveys the inhumanity of the period with precision…. This moving story spotlights the extraordinary heroism of everyday people during the war and the Holocaust.” —Publishers Weekly on Three Ordinary Girls“This book will please Brady’s fans as well as those who are interested in new and different stories of WWII.” —Booklist on Three Ordinary Girls“Exhaustively researched and written with both authority and style, Three Ordinary Girls is history that reads like a novel. A vivid and unforgettable portrait of three young women who put their lives on the line in a very personal fight against Naziism, this book is a page-turner and is highly recommended.” —Stephen Harding, New York Times best-selling author of The Last Battle on Three Ordinary Girls

Tim Brady is an award-winning history author whose critically acclaimed books include Three Ordinary Girls, Twelve Desperate Miles, A Death in San Pietro, and His Father’s Son. In addition to contributing numerous articles, reviews, essays and short stories for a wide range of magazines, newspapers and journals, he has written and helped develop a number of television documentaries, including the Peabody Award-winning series, Liberty! The American Revolution for PBS. He lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, and is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop.

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