The Silent Resistance: The heartbreaking World War Two historical novel

At the heart of The Silent Resistance is one mother's impossible choice. It also shines a light on an extraordinary but little-known scandal of wartime history: Norway's infamous 'Bigamy Law' and the visceral women who fraternised with German occupiers faced.

''I loved it. It broke me! Beautiful, heartbreaking and hopeful'' Liz Fenwick
Occupied Norway, 1944. While the war rages on, Anni is surviving as best she can, contributing to the resistance whenever possible and standing firm without her sailor husband Lars, who she hasn''t heard from in three years. Her daughter Ingrid is the bright spot in her life and Anni is determined to keep her safe and happy. However, when a German official is billeted at their house, the situation for them both becomes far more dangerous, and Anni faces an impossible choice.

London, 1952. In the years since she moved to live with her father, young Ingrid has been trying to make sense of the disappearance of her mother just as peace in Norway was declared. She desperately holds on to the fact that Anni promised she would always come back for her and, undaunted, Ingrid sets out to discover what happened to her mother all those years ago.

The Silent Resistance is an intensely moving account of the life of Norwegian women who fraternised with the occupying German forces during World War II and the devastating reprisals they suffered.

Anna Normann is the pen name for Natalie Normann and Anan Singh who have written bestselling novels in Norwegian for many years and this is their first joint novel in English. For lovers of wartime historical novels with indomitable female characters.

• | Author: Anna Normann
• | Publisher: Allison & Busby
• | Publication Date: Dec 05, 2024
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• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-13: 9780749032166
• | ISBN-10: 0749032162