03301cam a2200349 4500 592076898 TxAuBib 20220725120000.0 ||||||s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780718078201 0718078209 fbc5f360-c9fe-4223-afb3-06546f0586ad OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2401585 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Joubert, Irma. The Girl From the Train [Libby Audiobook]. Thomas Nelson, 2015. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 329MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 328MB. HTML:<p><strong>Six-year-old Gretl Schmidt is on a train bound for Auschwitz. Jakób Kowalski is planting a bomb on the tracks.</strong></p> <p>As World War II draws to a close, Jakób fights with the Polish resistance against the crushing forces of Germany and Russia. They intend to destroy a German troop transport, but Gretl's unscheduled train reaches the bomb first.</p> <p>Gretl is the only survivor. Though spared from the concentration camp, the orphaned German Jew finds herself lost in a country hostile to her people. When Jakób discovers her, guilt and fatherly compassion prompt him to take her in. For three years, the young man and little girl form a bond over the secrets they must hide from his Catholic family.</p> <p>But she can't stay with him forever. Jakób sends Gretl to South Africa, where German war orphans are promised bright futures with adoptive Protestant families—so long as Gretl's Jewish roots, Catholic education, and connections to communist Poland are never discovered.</p> <p>Separated by continents, politics, religion, language, and years, Jakób and Gretl will likely never see each other again. But the events they have both survived and their belief that the human spirit can triumph over the ravages of war have formed a bond of love that no circumstances can overcome.</p> <p><strong>Praise for The Girl from the Train:</strong></p> <p>"A riveting read with an endearing, courageous protagonist . . . takes us from war-torn Poland to the veldt of South Africa in a story rich in love, loss, and the survival of the human spirit." —<strong>Anne Easter Smith</strong>, author of A Rose for the Crown</p> <li>Full-length World War II historical novel</li> <li>International bestseller</li> <li>Includes a glossary</li>. Historical Fiction. Christian Fiction. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: Audiobook. Audie Award Nominee. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-25 20:00:03. Zimmerman, Sarah. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/2824-1/2401585-TheGirlFromTheTrain.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=fbc5f360-c9fe-4223-afb3-06546f0586ad&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/2824-1/2401585-TheGirlFromTheTrain.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=fbc5f360-c9fe-4223-afb3-06546f0586ad&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)