The deceptions / Suzanne Leal.
Momo rauemi: TextKaiwhakaputa: Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Whakaahuatanga: 278 pages ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781760875275
- 1760875279
- Theresienstadt (Concentration camp) -- Fiction
- Family secrets -- Fiction
- Secrecy -- Fiction
- Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
- Jewish ghettos -- Fiction
- Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
- Prague (Czech Republic) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Sydney (N.S.W) -- 20th century -- Fiction. -- History
Momo tuemi | Tauwāhi onāianei | Kohinga | Tau karanga | Tūnga | Rā oti | Waeherepae | Ngā puringa tuemi | |
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Fiction | Eltham LibraryPlus Fiction | Fiction | LEAL (Tirotirohia te whatanga(Opens below)) | Wātea | i2198467 | |||
Fiction | Hāwera LibraryPlus Fiction | Fiction | LEAL (Tirotirohia te whatanga(Opens below)) | Wātea | I2198468 | |||
Fiction | Stratford Fiction | Fiction | LEA (Tirotirohia te whatanga(Opens below)) | Wātea | A00868652 |
"A compelling story of war, betrayal and family secrets better left buried" --Page [1] of cover.
Includes bibliographical references (page 272-274).
Long-buried family secrets surface in a compelling new novel from the author of The Teacher's Secret. Moving from wartime Europe to modern day Australia, The Deceptions is a powerful story of old transgressions, unexpected revelations and the legacy of lives built on lies and deceit. Prague, 1943. Taken from her home in Prague, Hana Lederova finds herself imprisoned in the Jewish ghetto of Theresienstadt, where she is forced to endure appalling deprivation and the imminent threat of transportation to the east. When she attracts the attention of the Czech gendarme who becomes her guard, Hana reluctantly accepts his advances, hoping for the protection she so desperately needs. Sydney, 2010. Manipulated into a liaison with her married boss, Tessa knows she needs to end it, but how? Tessa's grandmother, Irena, also has something to hide. Harkening back to the Second World War, hers is a carefully kept secret that, if revealed, would send shockwaves well beyond her own fractured family. Inspired by a true story of wartime betrayal, The Deceptions is a searing, compassionate tale of love and duplicity-and family secrets better left buried.
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