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Beth Bridgewater, a German American, finds herself in a nightmare as World War II erupts―a war in which she takes no side, for she is a Quaker pacifist. Just as she gains opportunity to escape Germany, Beth decides to stay to help the helpless. Meanwhile, Josef Buch, a passionately patriot…

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1 author picked All God's Children as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This is an “older” book (2014) that I stumbled on while researching a novel. I’ve not seen many WWII stories about the German homefront, so was pleased to find the story.

The premise is fascinating: a German-American woman stuck in Germany during the war. The book is well-researched, but it is the writing that kept me engaged. Descriptions and the sprinkling of German words evoked the era and the country.

This is not a typical romance story which was refreshing, and the ending is “happy for now” rather than “happily ever after,” but there is closure to the plot as…

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