The Winter Guest

By Pam Jenoff

Deal Ends: Wed 11th November

A stirring novel of first love in a time of war and the unbearable choices that could tear sisters apart, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Orphan’s TaleLife is a constant struggle for the eighteen-year-old Nowak twins as they raise their three younger siblings in rural Poland under the shadow of the Nazi occupation. The constant threat of arrest has made everyone in their village a spy, and turned neighbor against neighbor. Though rugged, independent Helena and pretty, gentle Ruth couldn’t be more different, they are staunch allies in protecting their family from the threats the war brings closer to their doorstep with each passing day.Then Helena discovers an American paratrooper stranded outside their small mountain village, wounded, but alive. Risking the safety of herself and her family, she hides Sam—a Jew—but Helena’s concern for the American grows into something much deeper. Defying the perils that render a future together all but impossible, Sam and Helena make plans for the family to flee. But Helena is forced to contend with the jealousy her choices have sparked in Ruth, culminating in a singular act of betrayal that endangers them all—and setting in motion a chain of events that will reverberate across continents and decades.Originally published in 2014.Don’t miss Pam Jenoff’s,The Society of Forgotten Wives, a sweeping novel of missing husbands, buried secrets, and the women who band together to reclaim their lives.Read these other sweeping epics from New York Times bestselling author Pam Jenoff:Last Twilight in ParisCode Name Sapphire The Lost Girls of ParisThe Woman with the Blue StarThe Orphan’s TaleThe Ambassador’s DaughterThe Diplomat’s WifeThe Last Summer at Chelsea BeachThe Kommandant’s Girl