Against the wind

By Brock Thoene

Subjects: Large type books, World War, 1939-1945, Fiction, Fiction, religious, Refugees, History

Description: As German Stukas circle in British skies, bombing London in repeated air raids, famous violinist Elisa Lindheim Murphy and her journalist husband, John, make an agonizing decision to send their three children to safety in America. But what about all the Jewish refugees left behind in England? Elisa will face the greatest trial of her life as she travels with evacuee children on seas made treacherous by Nazi U-boats.