THE GIRL IN THE PHOTO

MY THOUGHTS:

This is the third book in the Hanni Winter trilogy, the first book is The Commandant’s Daughter and the second book was The Pilot’s Girl. In this installment more of Hanni’s story comes to light.  Hanni continues to pursue her love of photography and while showing some of her photos to her husband Freddy, he recognizes one of the faces in the photo.  Freddy tells Hanni that the girl is Renny, his sister.  It’s been six years since he saw his sister so the thought of never finding her isn’t something he is willing to live with.  When Hanni and Freddy arrive back at the same concentration camp that uprooted their lives, the very place they never thought they could possibly survive.  It is the place to start their search for Renny, because it was the last place they saw her.

This story had me completely engrossed from the first page to the very last.  I absolutely loved Hanni and Freddy’s story of survival, of losing everything and rebuilding their lives together.  This emotional read will have you reaching for the tissues.  This story was the perfectly written conclusion of this phenomenal series.  Thank you Catherine Hokin, I loved everything about this series, and I highly recommend it. 

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

DESCRIPTION:

THE GIRL IN THE PHOTO

Author:  Catherine Hokin
Publisher: Bookouture 
Publication Date: January 27, 2023 
Pages: 342 
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1944. ‘I have to go away, my darling. Please, be brave, stay alive, for me.’ Her mother’s voice breaks. The little girl tries to stop the forbidden tears from falling, as the train takes her mother, and she is left alone in the camp…

Berlin, six years later. When Hanni Winter shows her new husband the heartbreaking photos she captured during the war, his reaction is unexpected. His face white, Freddy can’t take his eyes off the photo of a young girl around four years old. ‘That’s Renny,’ he whispers, ‘my sister, she was taken by the Nazis…’

Hanni remembers her perfectly – the child with the wide eyes and bitten lips, who wouldn’t let herself cry despite the chaos and cruelty all around them in the camp. Her heart had broken for the little girl as she took her picture, desperate to reveal the truth about the Nazis to the world. If that child is Renny, then they must try to find her. They must return to hell on earth.

But when Hanni arrives at the black and white arch of the camp, she comes face to face with a man she fears more than any other. Can she find the strength to fight again, or will every hope for the future be lost forever?

ABOUT CATHERINE HOKIN

Catherine Hokin is the author of two World War Two inspired novels set in Berlin, her favourite city. Following a History degree at Manchester University she worked in teaching, marketing and politics, while waiting for a chance to do what she really wanted which was to write full time. Her short stories have been published by iScot, Writers Forum and Myslexia magazines and she was the winner of the 2019 Fiction 500 Short Story Competition. She is a lover of strong female leads and a quest.
Catherine now lives in Glasgow with her American husband. She has two grown-up children – one of whom lives, very conveniently, in Berlin – and a life long addiction to very loud music. 

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