The Train That Took you Away – Blog Tour Review

Berlin, 1938. I wipe the tears streaming down my darling son’s face, my heart shattering into a million pieces. “I promise I will find you, my love. No matter what…”

Ever since the Nazis came to power, violence has spread through the city Esther Spielmann once called home. Each night she prays her family will be spared. But when her husband and father are murdered alongside fellow Jews during Kristallnacht, she has no choice but to send her beloved son, Sascha, to safety.

Esther’s heart breaks as she watches his thin legs trembling in the cold as he is ushered with the other crying children towards the Kindertransport. As the train leaves in a cloud of smoke, she thinks of the painting of the two of them hanging in their house. In it, they are tightly embracing and laughing, everything just as it should be. She vows that she will hold him like this once again. But has Esther made a promise she can’t possibly keep?

This is an emotional, and heartbreaking historical fiction

It’s 1938 in Berlin and Berlin is under Nazi rule. Esther sends her son Sascha on a train to England, where he is being kept safe from the Nazi horros while Esther suffers in silence in the concentration camps. There is also the story of the English woman as well. The story is told in the POVs of the boy Sascha, Esther and Amalia, each detailing about their lives during the WWII, aftermath of WWII and of course before WWII. The stories feel very realistic as well and is also emotional to read as well, particularly Esther’s part. The author has written the story well and knows how to capture the audience with the story. The story talks about courage, strength, willingness to survive and bravery.

Overall this book is worth five stars.

Many thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture for the ARC. The review is based on my honest opinion only.

Author Bio:

I seem to have followed a rather meandering career, including marketing and teaching and politics (don’t try and join the dots), to get where I have always wanted to be, which is writing historical fiction. I am a story lover as well as a story writer and nothing fascinates me more than a strong female protagonist and a quest. Hopefully those are what you will encounter when you pick up my books.

I am from the North of England but now live very happily in Glasgow with my American husband. Both my children have left home (one to London and one to Berlin) which may explain why I am finally writing. If I’m not at my desk you’ll most probably find me in the cinema, or just follow the sound of very loud music.

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