The Sister Behind the Berlin Wall: The BRAND NEW absolutely heartbreaking and breathtaking WWII historical page-turner for 2026
Cynthia Anderson
Feb 2026 · Embla Books · Narrated by Daphne Kouma
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9 hr 56 min
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France, 1942.
Orphaned sisters Léa and Rose live under the increasingly oppressive German occupation in Orléans. Times have been tough since their mother died - all they have left is each other - but practical Léa does her best to take care of Rose, the daydreamer.
Then Léa loses her job, just as Rose has a sudden and heart-stopping encounter with André, a handsome young French fugitive, that changes her life forever.
The women must flee the city, and everything they've ever known, finding safe lodgings with a kindly winemaker and his family on their Loire valley farm.
But they aren't safe for long. And, faced with the grim choice between imprisonment or travelling to Germany to work for the war effort, Léa reluctantly chooses the latter, thinking only of taking care of Rose.
In a remote town in eastern Germany, Léa and Rose are confronted with the horror of the Nazis' brutality and treatment of the women workers, and learn to survive by clinging to the love they've each found in a bleak existence, and by keeping their enemy even closer . . .
Orphaned sisters Léa and Rose live under the increasingly oppressive German occupation in Orléans. Times have been tough since their mother died - all they have left is each other - but practical Léa does her best to take care of Rose, the daydreamer.
Then Léa loses her job, just as Rose has a sudden and heart-stopping encounter with André, a handsome young French fugitive, that changes her life forever.
The women must flee the city, and everything they've ever known, finding safe lodgings with a kindly winemaker and his family on their Loire valley farm.
But they aren't safe for long. And, faced with the grim choice between imprisonment or travelling to Germany to work for the war effort, Léa reluctantly chooses the latter, thinking only of taking care of Rose.
In a remote town in eastern Germany, Léa and Rose are confronted with the horror of the Nazis' brutality and treatment of the women workers, and learn to survive by clinging to the love they've each found in a bleak existence, and by keeping their enemy even closer . . .
France, 1942.
Orphaned sisters Léa and Rose live under the increasingly oppressive German occupation in Orléans. Times have been tough since their mother died - all they have left is each other - but practical Léa does her best to take care of Rose, the daydreamer.
Then Léa loses her job, just...
About the author
Cynthia Anderson (Author)
Cynthia enjoys writing intergenerational stories that shed light on lesser-known historical events. Born in Palo Alto, California, she spent her early years in a military family on the move internationally. After earning a BA from the University of Colorado and Masters degrees from the University of London (LSE and SOAS), she held various corporate marketing roles in Asia, the U.S. and the U.K. Over a decade ago, she settled with her French husband in a village near Geneva, Switzerland, where she worked for the United Nations before turning to writing fiction.
Cynthia enjoys writing intergenerational stories that shed light on lesser-known historical events. Born in Palo Alto, California, she spent her early years in a military family on the move internationally. After earning a BA from the University of Colorado and Masters degrees from the University of London (LSE and SOAS), she held various corporate marketing roles in Asia, the U.S. and the U.K. Over a decade ago, she settled with her French husband in a village near Geneva, Switzerland, where she worked for the United Nations before turning to writing fiction.
Cynthia Anderson (Author)
Cynthia enjoys writing intergenerational stories that shed light on lesser-known historical events. Born in Palo Alto, California, she spent her early years in a military family on the move internationally. After earning a BA from the University of Colorado and Masters ...
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