The German Woman
A Novel
Paul Griner
- “A
- gritty,
- unsentimental
- story
- of
- love
- and
- loyalty
- played
- out
- across
- Europe
- during
- the
- two
- World
- Wars
- .
- .
- .
- Fans
- of
- Graham
- Greene
- or
- Alan
- Furst
- will
- want
- to
- take
- a
- look.”
- —Publishers
- WeeklyThis
- riveting
- novel
- introduces
- us
- to
- Kate
- Zweig,
- the
- beautiful
- English
- widow
- of
- a
- German
- surgeon,
- and
- Claus
- Murphy,
- an
- exiled
- American
- with
- German
- roots—two
- lovers
- with
- complicated
- loyalties.
- In
- 1918,
- Kate
- and
- her
- husband
- were
- taken
- for
- spies
- by
- Russian
- soldiers
- and
- forced
- to
- flee
- their
- field
- hospital
- on
- the
- eastern
- front,
- barely
- escaping
- with
- their
- lives.
- Years
- later,
- in
- London
- during
- the
- Nazis’
- V-1
- reign
- of
- terror,
- Claus
- spends
- his
- days
- making
- propaganda
- films,
- and
- his
- nights
- as
- a
- British
- spy
- worn
- down
- by
- the
- war
- and
- his
- own
- numerous
- secrets.When
- Claus
- meets
- Kate,
- he
- finds
- himself
- drawn
- to
- her,
- even
- after
- evidence
- surfaces
- that
- she
- might
- not
- be
- exactly
- who
- she
- seems.
- As
- the
- war
- hurtles
- to
- a
- violent
- end,
- Claus
- must
- decide
- where
- his
- own
- loyalties
- lie,
- whether
- he
- can
- make
- a
- difference
- in
- the
- war,
- and
- what
- might
- be
- gained
- by
- taking
- a
- leap
- of
- faith
- with
- Kate.The
- interwoven
- strands
- of
- Paul
- Griner’s
- plot
- offer
- up
- “[an]
- unsentimental
- and
- realistic
- look
- at
- the
- fallout
- of
- war”—both
- physical
- and
- emotional
- (Milwaukee
- Journal
- Sentinel).
- Louisville’s
- Courier-Journal
- called
- The
- German
- Woman
- “Griner’s
- masterpiece”
- and
- praised
- the
- novelist
- as
- someone
- “who
- can
- take
- you
- absolutely
- anywhere,
- never
- wastes
- a
- sentence,
- and,
- most
- impressive
- of
- all,
- understands
- the
- beating
- heart
- of
- a woman.”
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