across the winding river by aimie k runyan

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She lives in Colorado with her two (usually) adorable children. Aimie is active as an educator and speaker in the writing community and beyond. Her fifth novel, ACROSS THE WINDING RIVER releases in August of 2020. She was a finalist for the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writer of the Year award and Colorado Book Award in 2019 and is a finalist for the Colorado Book Award again in 2020. Her most recent novel, GIRLS ON THE LINE is a Historical Novel Society Editor’s Choice for February 2019. She has written five historical novels, including the internationally bestselling DAUGHTERS OF THE NIGHT SKY. Runyan writes to celebrate history’s unsung heroines. Will they both be able to escape with their lives and if they do, what kind of future can they possibly hope for?Īimie K. The women must take extraordinary risks to save the lives of mother and baby. When Hanna discovers that Tilde hiding near the school, she knows she must help her however she can. The risk of discovery grows greater with each passing day, but she has no other options. But when the unthinkable happens, Tilde realizes she must hide. Torn from her work, her family, and her new husband, she fights to keep her unborn baby safe. The lessons of hatred, prejudice, and misogyny disturb her and she finds herself desperate to escape.įor Tilde Altman, a German Jewish woman, the war has brought more devastation than she ever thought possible. The independence that her mother lovingly fostered in her is considered highly inappropriate as the future wife of an up-and-coming officer and she is sent to a “bride school.” There, in a posh villa on the outskirts of town, Hanna is taught how to be a “proper” German wife. Thrown into a life of luxury she never expected, Hanna soon finds herself unwillingly matched with an SS officer.

As the war begins, Hanna Rombauer, a young German woman, is sent to live with her aunt and uncle after her mother’s death.

Across the winding river by aimie k runyan