ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Robert Elmer is a former pastor, reporter and as copywriter who now writes from he home he shares with his wife Ronda in northern Idaho. He is the author of over fifty books, including eight contemporary novels for the adult Christian audience and several series for younger readers. Combined, his books have sold more than half a million copies worldwide. Like his popular “Young Underground” youth series, Wildflowers of Terezin was inspired by stories Robert heard from his Denmark-born parents and family. When he’s not sailing or enjoying the outdoors, Robert often travels the country speaking to school and writers groups.
ABOUT THE BOOK
When nurse Hanne Abrahamsen impulsively shields Steffen Petersen from a nosy Gestapo agent, she’s convinced the Lutheran pastor is involved in the Danish Underground. Nothing could be further from the truth.
But truth is hard to come by in the fall of 1943, when Copenhagen is placed under Martial Law and Denmark’s Jews—including Hanne—suddenly face deportation to the Nazi prison camp at Terezin, Czechoslovakia. Days darken and danger mounts. Steffen’s faith deepens as he takes greater risks to protect Hanne. But are either of them willing to pay the ultimate price for their love?
To read the first chapter of Wildflowers of Terezin, go HERE.
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I’ve been really bad about keeping up to date as to which books are due when. If I had known that this book was due this week I would have finished it while I’ve been sick (when I could read that is); but let me tell you this – I often don’t request books written by men because for some reason I usually don’t like them; I have a hard time finishing. I’ve never really been able to put my finger on it (I’m sure if I analyzed some books I could figure it out – but I’m not going to) – but with Elmer’s book – I was lost in the book. I was transported back to World War II and with the characters. I don’t know how it ends; but already I’m a fan of Elmer’s writing and am looking forward to finding more books by him.
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