Each and every character, whether it is the prominent ones or the minor ones, are fully developed, distinct, and unique. I was impressed by Hawker’s writing, her carefully construct plot lines, and especially her characterization. In a sense, Anton becomes an ‘Everyman’ in times of crisis, forced to decide what he will do, and what he can do in the face of true evil. He is conflicted over the simple good from his days as a friar with the evil of Nazi Germany.
Even though the blackness of evil tears apart their country, their villages, and their families, the protagonist Anton Starzmann takes a real leap of faith in this the dangerous and uncertain dark world of Hitler’s Germany.Īnton, the main character, is haunted by his actions, his perceived failings and weaknesses while he was a Franciscan friar. Olivia Hawker has given us a gripping, beautifully written historical novel about extraordinary hope, redemption, and one man’s search for light during the darkest times of World War II in Germany. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.I read “The Ragged Edge of Night” as my September the store First Read pick. Now it's time for them all to break free of the past, overcome the unforgivable, and find a new way forward-whatever the price. Upsetting the precarious balance in the Rigby home, Linda becomes an unwitting catalyst for the upheaval of Gad's oppression. She also becomes privy to a secret Aran and Tamsin share that could dismantle everything everyone holds dear.
But when they fall in love, Linda is drawn into a family more damaged than the one she left behind. She's quickly taken with Aran, in no small part because of his talent. Arriving in Rexburg is Linda Duff, an outsider from Seattle hoping to plant new roots far from the bitter ones of her childhood. They have dreams beyond their small town. But Aran and Tamsin are united in rebellion against their father. Gad is the kind of man who soothes the failures of his own life by controlling the lives of others. In the town of Rexburg, Idaho, aspiring artist Aran Rigby, his younger sister, Tamsin, and their two brothers are locked in orbit around their emotionally abusive father. A powerful novel about the expectations of family-and the risks and liberation of defying them-by the Washington Post bestselling author of One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow.
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