The Wife Who Risked Everything
I just finished reading The Wife who risked everything by Ellie Midwood and here is what I thought about it.
Margot falls madly in love with Jochen... Things should be perfect, but they live in Nazi Germany and he is a Jew. Their marriage is technically illegal and she is commiting a crime just for being in love.
People around her reject her and the choice she has made but she doesn't care. The nazi regime will not stand between her and the man she loves.
Even as things get more and more dangerous for them both, she never waivers. One day Jochen doesn't come home and the reason shocks Margot to her core. He is supposed to be exempt from the camps as she is an aryan.
Instead of accepting her fate, Margot risks everything to stand outside the Gestapo headquarters with other wives and family members of the men being held. Defying the Nazis means death and when the truck is driving towards them and the guns are aimed at their heads... Margot has a choice to make, her life or her husbands?
Wow, just wow. This was such a beautiful and heartwarming read. How many of us can honestly say we would stand in front of guns and scream at Nazis to set our man free? Such a powerful and moving story and based on a real event too. I couldn't imagine living during that time and being considered vermin for marrying the man I love because of his religion.
The book kept me gripped from start to finish. I felt like I was right there with Margot. I could feel the warmth of her dog goose... I could feel the agony she felt and the fear that drove her daily. The love came swimming off the page and I drank in every drop.
If you are a fan of historical fictions that are set during world war II you have to make this your next read!
5 stars! This book took my heart and a bucket full of tears!
Thank you Netgalley and bookouture for this beautiful read!
Merged review:
I just finished reading The Wife who risked everything by Ellie Midwood and here is what I thought about it.
Margot falls madly in love with Jochen... Things should be perfect, but they live in Nazi Germany and he is a Jew. Their marriage is technically illegal and she is commiting a crime just for being in love.
People around her reject her and the choice she has made but she doesn't care. The nazi regime will not stand between her and the man she loves.
Even as things get more and more dangerous for them both, she never waivers. One day Jochen doesn't come home and the reason shocks Margot to her core. He is supposed to be exempt from the camps as she is an aryan.
Instead of accepting her fate, Margot risks everything to stand outside the Gestapo headquarters with other wives and family members of the men being held. Defying the Nazis means death and when the truck is driving towards them and the guns are aimed at their heads... Margot has a choice to make, her life or her husbands?
Wow, just wow. This was such a beautiful and heartwarming read. How many of us can honestly say we would stand in front of guns and scream at Nazis to set our man free? Such a powerful and moving story and based on a real event too. I couldn't imagine living during that time and being considered vermin for marrying the man I love because of his religion.
The book kept me gripped from start to finish. I felt like I was right there with Margot. I could feel the warmth of her dog goose... I could feel the agony she felt and the fear that drove her daily. The love came swimming off the page and I drank in every drop.
If you are a fan of historical fictions that are set during world war II you have to make this your next read!
5 stars! This book took my heart and a bucket full of tears!
Thank you Netgalley and bookouture for this beautiful read!