The Lost Mother

<p><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>She looked at the empty cradle where her baby had been. Her heart felt tattered and empty like the hollow streets of Berlin after its people began to live in fear.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Berlin 1934. Homes once filled with laughter stand empty as the Nazi party's grip on the city tightens. When </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Anna Tiegel</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>'s beautiful best friend catches Reich Minister Goebbels' special attention an impulsive act to save her brings Anna under his unforgiving scrutiny. First she loses her job then slowly mercilessly she finds her life stripped away. After her father is killed by the Nazis Anna's final hope is to escape to America with her boyfriend Eddy but when she reaches his apartment on the agreed date she finds it deserted. Alone and pregnant the future feels terrifying but </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>she must try to protect the life inside her</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Rhode Island 1957. </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Peggy Bailey</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> stares in shock at the faded photograph of two laughing women which her beloved adoptive mother struggled to pass on to her before she died whispering </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>'It was inside your baby blanket when we brought you home'</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>. As Peggy continues to stare she realises that she has seen one of the girls before in the most unlikely of places... Bursting at the realisation she embarks on a mission which takes her across America to find the truth behind her heritage. Nothing however could prepare her for the tragic story her actions uncover...</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>A poignant and beautiful World War Two story about survival and a mother's enduring search for her child against all the odds</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>. A heart-breaking read for fans of </span><em style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>The Tattooist of Auschwitz</em><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> </span><em style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>We Were the Lucky Ones</em><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> and </span><em style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>The Alice Network</em><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>.</span></p><p><br></p><h2>What readers are saying about Catherine Hokin:</h2><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>????? 'The </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>best historical fiction book I've read this year</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>! I was awake until the early morning hours finishing it because I </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>could not put it down</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>! The story was heartbreaking... </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>It held me riveted from the first page to the last</strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>.' Goodreads reviewer</span></p><p><br></p>