A View Across The Rooftops
Author Suzanne Kelman
Publish Date October 25,2019 by Bookouture
Paperback copy 396 pages
My Review
THIS BOOK!!!!!!
I can not believe I haven’t heard of this author before but now that I have I’ll sure be making up for lost time and reading her other books.
A View Across The Rooftops has touched my heart like so few can do.
This historical fiction starts out taking place in 1941 Nazi-occupied Amsterdam .
We meet our typical middle aged boring mathematics professor .
He leads a safe,quiet,unassuming life by himself after being widowed years ago. His students and lesson plans are all he needs.
Walking the same route daily past his neighbor lady Mrs. Epstein’s house home to his cat he realizes to his horror the Nazi’s have come for the Jews and suddenly Mrs. Epstein is dead.
Returning home another time he realizes something is different in his home and what he ends up doing for the next four or so years will completely change his life in ways he couldn’t even begin to imagine.
Unimaginable strength is shown by characters during an incredibly dark and harrowing time that many where unable to escape from with their life.
From the author, ” This story is incredibly close to my heart,and is inspired by a true story of a man who risked everything to save another,and by the courageous acts of the Dutch people.”
Incredible book!
Pub Date 25 Oct 2019
I was given a complimentary copy of this book. Thank you.
All opinions expressed are my own.
GoodReads Summary
Would you risk your life to save just one person?
An incredible story of love, hope and friendship, and a testament to humanity and courage in history’s darkest days.
1941, Nazi-occupied Amsterdam. Professor Josef Held has never recovered from the loss of his beloved wife – and has no intention of ever letting anyone new into his quiet, safe world. It is a world where the clock ticks steadily in his mathematics classroom, where every equation has a solution. Every day he walks the same route home, past his neighbour Mrs Epstein’s, to a home inhabited only by him and a cat he refuses to even name.
But then the Nazis come for the Jews – and Mrs Epstein is killed. And Josef, in an impulsive act of courage, offers his student Michael Blum a place to hide.
Michael is everything Josef is not: spontaneous, poetic, and unafraid to love. Even though his passionate relationship with a Dutch girl called Elke strictly is forbidden by the Nazis – for he is Jewish, and she is not.
Desperate to give Michael and Elke’s love a chance to survive, Josef gives Michael refuge in his attic: an act of bravery and resistance that will change both of their lives. But as the dark days of war continue, with danger and betrayal at every turn, no-one can be trusted, and no one is safe.
If Michael is going to get back to the woman he loves, it is down to Josef – to find the hero inside himself, and do whatever it takes to keep Michael alive.
A heartbreakingly beautiful story about love, trust, and courage against the odds, perfect for fans of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Lilac Girls, and The Nightingale.
About The Author
Born in The United KingdomJanuary 08
Websitehttp://www.suzannekelmanauthor.com
Twittersuzkelman
InfluencesKate Morton, Rhys Bowen, Lucinda Riley, Susanna Kearsley, Hazel Gaynor
Suzanne Kelman is an Amazon international bestselling author in America, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia and her books have sold over 250,000 copies worldwide and have been translated into six languages. Her WW2 historical fiction books “A View Across the Rooftops”, “When We Were Brave, and Under a Sky on Fire” are published by Bookouture – an imprint for Hachette U.K.
She is also the author of the bestselling book, “The Rejected Writers’ Book Club”, published by Lake Union, which is the first book in the Southlea Bay series. Other books in the series include, “Rejected Writers Take the Stage” and “The Rejected Writers’ Christmas Wedding”.
Kelman is an award-winning writer/screenwriter whose accolades include the Best Comedy Feature Screenplay Award from the L.A. International Film Festival, the Gold Award from the California Film Awards, and the Van Gogh Award from the Amsterdam Film Festival.
In 2015 her script, Held, was recognized by the Academy of Motion Pictures and was shortlisted to the top ten in the Academy Of Motion Pictures Nichols Fellowship competition.
As well as a screenwriter and a published author, Suzanne is also a playwright, and her award-winning comedy play, “Over My Dead Body”, had its World Premiere at Outcast Theatre in Washington, Fall 2019.
Born in the United Kingdom, Suzanne now resides in Washington State.
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