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The Hard Way Home
The Star and the Shamrock Series (Book 3)
- Author
- Jean Grainger
- Narrator
- Siobhan Waring
- Publish Date
- 11 May 2021
- Run Time
- 7 hours 13 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Dublin 1950
Liesl Bannon has never felt like she was truly at home anywhere, not since her mother placed her and her brother Erich on the last Kindertransport out of Berlin in 1939. She’d been so much more fortunate than most Jews, saved from the horrors of the Nazi regime. Being adopted by Elizabeth and Daniel Lieber meant she and Erich spent the war in Northern Ireland, safe and loved, but Liesl always knew something was missing.
When an opportunity to return to Berlin to represent her university presents itself, she is so torn. Should she go back to the city that rejected her and her family, would it be too harrowing, or would it feel like home?
In Berlin, a chance encounter with an old family friend sparks emotions for Liesl that she’d suppressed since she was a child. She finds herself desperately wanting to go back to those carefree days before Hitler, when life made sense, but why was her family so set against her return? Was it because they were worried about her as they claimed, or was there a darker, more sinister reason?
The Hard Way Home is the third book in the bestselling Star and the Shamrock series.
Critics Review
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“Narrator Siobhan Waring presents Liesl and Erich Bannon…Standout characters include Liesl’s endearing mother and teacher, Elizabeth Liber, and inspiring Rabbi Frank. In the moving epilogue, author Jean Grainger shares her personal reaction to her meticulous research. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”
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Details
- Author
- Jean Grainger
- Narrator
- Siobhan Waring
- Duration
- 7 hours 13 minutes
- Release Date
- 11 May 2021
- ISBN
- 9781665075107
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Historical fiction, Second World War fiction, Religious and spiritual fiction
Synopsis
Dublin 1950Liesl Bannon has never felt like she was truly at home anywhere, not since her mother placed her and her brother Erich on the last Kindertransport out of Berlin in 1939. She’d been so much more fortunate than most Jews, saved from the horrors of the Nazi regime. Being adopted by Elizabeth and Daniel Lieber meant she and Erich spent the war in Northern Ireland, safe and loved, but Liesl always knew something was missing.When an opportunity to return to Berlin to represent her university presents itself, she is so torn. Should she go back to the city that rejected her and her family, would it be too harrowing, or would it feel like home?In Berlin, a chance encounter with an old family friend sparks emotions for Liesl that she’d suppressed since she was a child. She finds herself desperately wanting to go back to those carefree days before Hitler, when life made sense, but why was her family so set against her return? Was it because they were worried about her as they claimed, or was there a darker, more sinister reason?The Hard Way Home is the third book in the bestselling Star and the Shamrock series.
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