Catching the Wind

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DOBSON, MELANIE
CATCHING THE WIND

What happened to Brigitte Berthold?

That question has haunted Daniel Knight since he was thirteen, when he and ten-year-old Brigitte escaped the Gestapo agents who arrested both their parents. They survived a harrowing journey from Germany to England, only to be separated upon their arrival. Daniel vowed to find Brigitte after the war, a promise he has fought to fulfill for more than seventy years.

Now a wealthy old man, Daniel's final hope in finding Brigitte rests with Quenby Vaughn, an American journalist working in London. He believes Quenby's tenacity to find missing people and her personal investment in a related WWII espionage story will help her succeed where previous investigators have failed. Though Quenby is wrestling her own demons -- and wary at the idea of teaming up with Daniel's lawyer, Lucas Hough -- the lure of Briggette's story is too much to resist. Together, Quenby and Lucas delve deep into the past, following a trail of deception, sacrifice, and healing that could change all of their futures.

My Review:

Published in 2017
My thanks to my public library for providing me with the audio version of this book

I have just been sucker-punched by a novel. I'm still gasping and gaping and grappling with a mass of  tangled emotions. Powerful. Memorable. Heart-wrenching. Hopeful. Triumphant. Everything that is good in a story multiplied by a hundred! Or a thousand!

So, I read Hidden Among the Stars last week and a few people mentioned how wonderful Catching the Wind was so I checked my library and -- oh bookish glee -- they had the audio version available. I downloaded it immediately and started listening and couldn't stop. The narration is amazing~ Nancy Peterson did a superlative job with the accents and the voices and the pacing. It was breathtaking. I was completely riveted.

And then there's the story. The way the author builds the past and present, meshing them together and then pulling them apart again. And there were so many 'aha' moments for me. My reader world was rocked over and over again. Something mentioned earlier on in the book would suddenly take on epic proportions later on and I'd literally be reeling over the impact! Took my breath away every single time.

A stunning novel about survival and hope and the power of love.

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