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NEWYORKTIMESBESTSELLER-ForreadersofTheNightingaleandSarah'sKey,inspiredbythelifeofarealWorldWarIIheroine,thisremarkabledebutnovelrevealsthepowerofunsungwomentochangehistoryintheirquestforlove,freedom,andsecondchances.
NewYorksocialiteCarolineFerridayhasherhandsfullwithherpostattheFrenchconsulateandanewloveonthehorizon.ButCaroline'sworldisforeverchangedwhenHitler'sarmyinvadesPolandinSeptember1939--andthensetsitssightsonFrance.
AnoceanawayfromCaroline,KasiaKuzmerick,aPolishteenager,senseshercarefreeyouthdisappearingassheisdrawndeeperintoherroleascourierfortheundergroundresistancemovement.Inatenseatmosphereofwatchfuleyesandsuspectingneighbors,onefalsemovecanhavedireconsequences.
FortheambitiousyoungGermandoctor,HertaOberheuser,anadforagovernmentmedicalpositionseemsherticketoutofadesolatelife.Oncehired,though,shefindsherselftrappedinamale-dominatedrealmofNazisecretsandpower.
ThelivesofthesethreewomenaresetonacollisioncoursewhentheunthinkablehappensandKasiaissenttoRavensbruck,thenotoriousNaziconcentrationcampforwomen.Theirstoriescrosscontinents--fromNewYorktoParis,Germany,andPoland--asCarolineandKasiastrivetobringjusticetothosewhomhistoryhasforgotten.
USAToday"NewandNoteworthy"Book-LibraryReadsTopTenPick
"Harrowing...Lilacilluminates."--People
"Acompelling,page-turningnarrative...LilacGirlsfallssquarelyintothegroundbreakingcategoryoffictionthatre-examineshistoryfromafresh,femalepointofview.It'ssmart,thoughtfulandalsojustanold-fashionedgoodread."--FortWorthStar-Telegram
"Apowerfulstoryforreaderseverywhere...MarthaHallKellyhasbroughtreadersafirsthandglimpseintooneofhistory'smostfrighteningmemories.Anovelthatbringstolifewhatthesewomenandmanyotherssuffered....Iwasmovedtotears."--SanFranciscoBookReview
"Extremelymovingandmemorable...ThisimpressivedebutshouldappealstronglytohistoricalfictionreadersandtobookclubsthatadoredKristinHannah'sTheNightingaleandAnthonyDoerr'sAlltheLightWeCannotSee."--LibraryJournal(starredreview)
"A]compellingfirstnovel...Thisisapage-turnerdemonstratingthetestsandtriumphsciviliansfacedduringwar,complementedbyKelly'svividdepictionofhistoryandexcellentcharacters."--PublishersWeekly
"Kellyvividlyre-createstheworldofRavensbruck."--KirkusReviews

"Inspiredbyactualeventsandrealpeople,MarthaHallKellyhaswoventogetherthestoriesofthreewomenduringWorldWarIIthatrevealthebravery,cowardice,andcrueltyofthosedays.Thisisapartofhistory--women'shistory--thatshouldneverbeforgotten."--LisaSee,NewYorkTimesbestsellingauthorofChinaDolls
"Profound,unsettling,andthoroughly...thebestbookI'vereadallyear."--JamieFord,NewYorkTimesbestsellingauthorofHotelontheCornerofBitterandSweet