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My Own Dear Brother

My Own Dear Brother

Author(s): Holly Müller

Location(s): Austrian Alps

Genre(s): Fiction, Historical

Era(s): 1944

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It is 1944, and war has taken the men in Nazi-controlled Austria to the front line. For thirteen-year-old Ursula Hildesheim life in the village of Felddorf remains almost as it was: bullied by her schoolmates, idly thieving from the village shop, enlisted in endless chores by her mama and sister and running wild with her adored older brother Anton.

But when Russian prisoners escape from the local concentration camp, her mama starts an affair with a married man, her friend goes missing and her brother’s allegiance to the Hitler Youth emerges in shocking ways, Ursula finds herself alone, disturbed by dark memories, and surrounded by threat.

In this new world of conflict, Ursula discovers a bravery she has never known before and is forced to recognise that danger comes not only from the enemy at the door but from the enemy within.

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Set against the backdrop of the Austrian Alps, this is a story of what it means to be a single cog against the backdrop of war. A coming of age novel of war.. not...

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