Description
A sweeping, dazzling dual-timeline novel centering on two unforgettable womenand their inextricable link to each other decades apart.
Ukraine, 1944
As the world around her is ripped apart by war and infiltrated by Nazi soldiers, Savka Ivanets works as a medic for the Ukrainian resistance, stitching wounds by day, stealing supplies by night, and dodging firefights between the SS and Soviet partisans. When her husband, Marko, a reluctant member of the Waffen-SS, forces her to deliver a coded message to an underground bunker, shes terrified. But when her mission doesnt go as planned, and her son, Taras, is kidnapped by the KGB, Savka fears shell never see him again.
Salt Spring Island, 1972
For Jeanie Esterhazy, the world, with its whispers and curious eyes, is too much to bear. Ever since the horrific accident that left her badly scarred, Jeanie, unable to remember anything about that awful day, has pulled away from society, utterly isolated.
Then a mysterious stranger appears at her house, and Jeanie suddenly begins having flashbacks about the night of her weddingflashbacks that hold answers to the questions shes had for years; flashbacks that make her realize the world around her is not as it seems.
Weaving together Savka and Jeanies stories with artful precision, The Last Secret is at once luminous and transporting, a brilliant and impossible-to-forget story of love, hope, and the breathtaking resilience of women.
Author: Maia Caron
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Doubleday Canada
Published: 09/24/2024
Pages: 416
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780385688826
Language: English
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