Music of Hope

3 primary works

The Melody of the Soul

by Liz Tolsma

Published 18 April 2018

It's 1943 and Anna Zadok, a Jewish Christian living in Prague, has lost nearly everything. Most of her family was deported, and the Nazi occupation ended her career as a concert violinist. Left to care for her grandmother, she'll do anything to keep her safe -- a job that gets much harder when Nazi officer Horst Engel is quartered in the flat below them.

When the Heart Sings

by Liz Tolsma

Published 9 October 2018

The Nazis have forced Natia and Teodor from their Polish farm to a labor camp. Separated, Natia is chosen to be the housekeeper for the camp's overseer, and her husband Teodor is sent to work in the factory. Despite the strict camp rules--and the consequences for disobeying them--Natia finds a way to communicate with Teodor by sending messages through song as she passes Teodor's dormitory.

But then Natia finds a Jewish orphan on the overseer's doorstep. She is determined to protect the boy and raise him as the child she and her husband were unable to bear--but if her German captors discover how much she's hiding, both she and Teodor may pay the ultimate price.

The Refrain Within

by Liz Tolsma

Published 29 September 2020