A Hope at the End of the World

In the chaos of World War II, Polish teenagers Helena and Luzyna Grabowski have lost everything. Without parents or a home, they are shipped to a refugee camp in Persia, where the days ahead hold only darkness. When they hear that orphans are being selected for relocation to New Zealand, Helena is filled with hope – until the officials say they have a place only for her younger sister.On the morning she is to be transported, Luzyna fails to join the chosen group, and Helena takes her place. But the horrors of war – and her guilt at abandoning her sister – follow Helena on the journey across the sea, as a man from her past preys on her fear and remorse.Though the people in New Zealand embrace her, the traumas Helena has suffered threaten her peace and blind her to the devotion of James, a charming, heroic young Allied pilot. If Helena can let go and dare to hope again, she may finally step out of the long shadow of her past to find a future made whole –a new community, a new family, a new love.

Christiane Gohl is a German author who uses the pen names Ricarda Jordan, Sarah Lark and Elisabeth Rotenberg. In addition to writing children's books centered on horses, she is also a novelist. Saskia Maarleveld is an actress and audiobook narrator. Born in Hong Kong, Saskia has lived in New Zealand, France and the USA. A graduate of Tisch School of the Arts (NYU), her audiobook narrations have won AudioFile Earphones Awards and she has been nominated for an Audie Award for Best Female Narrator (2018). Her voice acting credits include recurring roles in Winx Club (2015), Pokémon (2013–2016) and World of Winx (2016–2017).

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