One of the Top 10 books in the Lovereading Readers’ Choice Book of the Year 2014.
One of our Books of the Year 2014.
September 2014 Book of the Month.
World War II is an all too written about period of history but Brook manages to find a fresh take in this exquisite novel. It’s 1946 and there’s an uneasy tension in Hamburg between the occupying forces, hunting war criminals and party members and the defeated, broken German people, desperate to put what happened behind them. Guilt, animosity, resentment and passions bubble on both sides in this stylish, engaging, exciting story.
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In the bitter winter of 1946, Rachael Morgan arrives in the ruins of Hamburg. Here she is reunited with her husband Lewis, a British colonel charged with rebuilding the shattered city. As they set off for their new home Rachael is stunned to discover that Lewis has made an extraordinary decision: they will be sharing the grand house with its previous owners, a German widower and his troubled daughter. In this charged atmosphere, enmity and grief give way to passion and betrayal.
'This masterly novel wrings every drop of feeling out of a gripping human situation.' Mail on Sunday
'Superb. Conjures surprise after surprise' Guardian
'Excellent, original, masterly. A captivating tale not only of love among the ruins but also of treachery and vengeance' Literary Review
'Profoundly moving, beautifully written. Ponders issues of decency, guilt and forgiveness' Independent
'Terrific. Suspicion, resentment and misunderstanding haunt this city. Richly atmospheric' Sunday Telegraph
The Aftermath features in the following genres: Family Drama, Books of the Month, Books with reviews by our Reader Review Panel, Thriller and Suspense, Historical Fiction, eBooks of the Month, Fiction, Recommendations
The Aftermath is available in Paperback
The Aftermath was written by Rhidian Brook and published by Penguin Books an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
The Aftermath has 329 pages
