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Through different Eyes
by Robert Hart
ISBN: 978-0-6450169-7-0
Categories: Fiction » Alternative History
Format: EPUB
Content Rating: Older than 13
As the Cold War rages, twelve-year-old Colette (Col) Schmidt, flees Leipzig with her mother after they discover her secret policeman father is a Nazi war criminal.
Settled in England by MI6, the lies Col must tell to hide her true origins weigh down her budding friendships. She makes inadvertent slips that expose her origins to her friends, but these reinforce and deepen their relationships. After MI6 use the pair as bait to lure out communist agents, they ship Colette and her mother to Australia. There, she is forced to use her linguistic skills to spy on the migrant communities. The risk of exposure causes the lies to proliferate and her internal conflict intensifies.
Masking her truth in necessary lies, she finds support from a school friend, a Russian émigré and a first World War Scottish soldier. But the lies she must tell and their cargo of guilt take her to the brink of a breakdown.
Can Colette find a way past the lies – without bringing the communist assassins to her door?
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Reviewed it on June 6, 2023
I have read all 4 books in this series. The characters may be fictional, but they not only come to life here but could be real peoples experiences. It's been a while since I actually shed tears over a book. This series used several kleenex.