A stunning family memoir of one woman's search for her German grandmother's history during the Second World War
Svenja O'Donnell is an award-winning political correspondent and commentator whose work regularly features on TV and radio. Before covering Brexit for Bloomberg, she worked as a correspondent in Russia. Half-Irish and half-German, she was born and brought up in Paris, and lives in London. Inge's War is her first book.
It feels increasingly urgent to remember the lessons of World War
II and I cannot think of anyone better than Svenja O'Donnell to
navigate us through this particular slice of history. A lyrical,
engrossing and essential read
*Sathnam Sanghera*
Svenja O'Donnell turns her skills as an investigative journalist to
unearthing a vitally important, powerful, and painful family story
from World War Two. I was gripped as Inge's War revealed secrets
within secrets, and exposed the dark realities of ordinary people's
wartime lives to the light.
*Suzannah Lipscomb*
Inge’s War is a superbly nuanced reclamation of history and family
secrets. With much empathy and skill, Svenja O’Donnell gives us a
long withheld, powerful true story of love and suffering on the
wrong side of the battle lines in World War II. It’s a timely
reminder that a nation’s politics and people are not one and the
same, that the innocent are sometimes punished for collective sins,
and that women, across ages and cultures, have silently borne the
brunt of war in ways we are only beginning to reckon with
*Brian Van Reet, author of SPOILS*
I can't recommend this book highly enough ... a beautifully told
story of tragedy and hope.
*Ed Balls*
O'Donnell beautifully weaves together her family history with
themes of love, guilt and betrayal
*Jack Fairweather, bestselling author of the Costa-prize winning
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