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Lana's war

Abriel, Anita (author.).

Paris 1943, Lana Antanov is on her way to see her husband, Frederic with news that she is pregnant. As she arrives at the convent where Frederic teaches piano, she watches in horror as Gestapo officers execute Frederic for hiding a Jewish girl in the piano. Lana is overcome with grief. That evening, she loses the baby. A few months later, Lana is approached by a member of the resistance to serve as a spy on the French Riviera. Lana is a "White Russian," the daughter of a Russian countess, making her ideal to infiltrate the emigre community of Russian aristocrats who socialize with German officers. The Gestapo officer in charge, Alois Brunner, the same man who shot Frederic, is intent on exterminating all the Jews. Her cover story makes her the mistress of a wealthy Swiss industrialist named Guy Pascal, in whose villas she stays . Their information-gathering at parties allows them to thwart several raids, helping members of the Jewish population escape to North Africa. But Lana doesn't count on becoming attached to a young Jewish girl named Odette, who has just lost her father. Nor does she intend to feel an attraction to Guy so soon after the loss of her husband. As the Nazis efforts intensify, her desire to protect those around her may instead put them all at risk

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  • ISBN: 9781982147679
  • ISBN: 1982147679
  • Physical Description print
    305 pages ; 21 cm
  • Publisher New York : Atria Paperback, 2021.

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Includes Reader's Guide with topics & questions for discussion and a conversation with Anita Abriel.

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Lana's War : A Novel
Lana's War : A Novel
by Abriel, Anita
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Lana's War : A Novel


From the author of the "fast-paced, heartbreaking, and hopeful" (Kristin Harmel, author of The Room on Rue Amélie ) The Light After the War , a riveting and heartfelt story of a young woman recruited to be a spy for the resistance on the French Riviera during World War II. Paris 1943: Lana Antanova is on her way to see her husband with the thrilling news that she is pregnant. But when she arrives at the convent where he teaches music, she's horrified to see Gestapo officers execute him for hiding a Jewish girl in the piano. A few months later, grieving both her husband and her lost pregnancy, Lana is shocked when she's approached to join the resistance on the French Riviera. As the daughter of a Russian countess, Lana has the perfect background to infiltrate the émigré community of Russian aristocrats who socialize with German officers, including the man who killed her husband. Lana's cover story makes her the mistress of Guy Pascal, a wealthy Swiss industrialist and fellow resistance member, in whose villa in Cap Ferrat she lives. Together, they gather information on upcoming raids and help members of the Jewish community escape. Consumed by her work, she doesn't expect to become attached to a young Jewish girl or wonder about the secrets held by the man whose house she shares. And as the Nazis' deadly efforts intensify, her intention to protect those around her may put them all at risk instead. With Anita Abriel's "heartfelt and memorable" (Pam Jenoff, New York Times bestselling author) storytelling, Lana's War is a sweeping and suspenseful tale of survival and second chances during some of the darkest days of history.