A Fight in Silence

by Melanie Metzenthin

Deborah Langton (Translator) and Deborah Rachel Langton (Translator)

Germany, 1926. When Richard and Paula meet in bustling, cosmopolitan Hamburg, everything feels possible. They fall in love, marry and are soon blessed with twins, a beautiful boy and girl. When Richard qualifies as a psychiatrist, life ahead looks bright. Their only sadness is that their son, Georg, was born deaf, although with his family to protect him they’re sure he’ll be okay.

But happiness turns to horror when the Nazis seize power and begin forcing doctors to euthanise anyone the regime deems imperfect. Suddenly, Richard is falsifying medical records to save his patients—and hiding Georg, whose deafness now makes him a target for the authorities.

With his family plunged into darkness and his son’s life in his hands, can Richard find the strength he needs to keep his family together and evade the world’s most merciless regime?

• ISBN10: 1542093686
• ISBN13: 9781542093682
• Publish Date: 15 November 2019
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Amazon Publishing
• Imprint: Lake Union Publishing
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 444
• Language: English

Reviews

[readingwithbecs]

Thanks to Netgalley for providing me with an arc of this book!

Now I could swear that I already wrote and posted a review for this book. But apparently I didn't?

In this book we follow a couple of young, passionate and emphatic doctors before and during the World War II. I really liked that we in this book got the perspective from some German citizens who aren't jews and who also are against the things that are happening in the country. I feel like we don't get a lot of those stories (or maybe it's just me who hasn't seen them around).
As every other WWII stories it was really hard to read some of the things that were happening both to the main characters and also the people around them. But it also had some bright and happy moments, which is definitely a must in this kind of book.
I also learn some things about what happened in German during the war that I didn't know beforehand and which I don't feel like are aspects that are common knowledge.

I will be looking out for the next book in the series.