The Second Winter: A Novel

Synopsis

Winner – National Indie Excellence Award 2017 For Literary Fiction Bronze Winner – Foreword Indies 2016, War & Military Honorable Mention – San Francisco Book Festival 2017, General Fiction “a Great Historical Novel, A Touching Family Saga, And A Noir Wartime Thriller All Rolled Into One Terrific Narrative.” —lee Child, New York Times Best-selling Author Set In Denmark In The Darkest Days Of World War Ii, The Second Winter Is A Cinematic Novel That, In Its Vivid Portrayal Of A Family Struggling To Survive The German Occupation, Captures A Savage Moment In History And Exposes The Violence And Want Inherent In A Father's Love. It Is 1941. In Occupied Denmark, An Uneasy Relationship Between The Danish Government And The Germans Allows The Country To Function Under The Protection Of Hitler's Army, While Danish Resistance Fighters Wage A Bloody, Covert Battle Against The Nazis. Fredrik Gregersen, A Brutish, Tormented Caretaker Of A Small Farm In Jutland Laboring To Keep His Son And Daughter Fed, Profits From Helping Jewish Fugitives Cross The Border Into Sweden. Meanwhile, In Copenhagen, Polina, A Young Refugee From Krakow, Finds Herself Impressed Into Prostitution By Germans And Danes Alike. When Fredrik Steals A Precious Necklace From A Helpless Family Of Jews, His Own Family's Fate Becomes Intertwined With Polina's, Triggering A Ripple Effect That Will Take Decades And The Fall Of The Berlin Wall To Culminate.