The Radio Operator
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Thank you Bibliolifestyle and Harper Via Books for this gifted copy.
As you all know I love historical fiction and canโt get enough of books set during WWII. Therefore, Iโm thrilled to feature this book, The Radio Operator!
๐๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ, ๐ข ๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐๐ข๐ป๐ช ๐ด๐ฑ๐บ ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ณ ๐๐.
At the end of the 1930s, Europe is engulfed in war. Though America is far from the fighting, the streets of New York have become a battlefield. Anti-Semitic and racist groups spread hate, while German nationalists celebrate Hitlerโs strength and power. Josef Klein, a German immigrant, remains immune to the troubles roiling his adopted city. The multicultural neighborhood of Harlem is his world, a lively place full of sidewalk tables where families enjoy their dinner and friends indulge in games of chess.
Josefโs great passion is the radio. His skill and technical abilities attract the attention of influential men who offer him a job as a shortwave operator. But when Josef begins to understand what theyโre doing, itโs too late; heโs already a little cog in the big wheelโpart of a Nazi espionage network working in Manhattan. Discovered by American authorities, Josef is detained at Ellis Island, and eventually deported to Germany.
Back in his homeland, fate leads him to his brother Carl's family, soap merchants in Neussโwhere he witnesses the seductive power of the Nazis and the warโs terrible consequencesโand finally to South America, where Josef hopes to start over again as Josรฉ. Eventually, Josef realizes that no matter how far he runs or how hard he tries, there is one indelible truth he cannot escape: How long can you hide from your own past, before it catches up with you?
๐ฌ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ?