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    At the Wolf's Table: A Novel
    At the Wolf's Table: A Novel
    At the Wolf's Table: A Novel
    Audiobook10 hours

    At the Wolf's Table: A Novel

    Written by Rosella Postorino

    Narrated by Polly Stone

    3.5/5

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    "Narrator Polly Stone gives us a believable depiction of Rosa Sauer...The story is compelling, and the performance memorable." — AudioFile Magazine

    At the Wolf's Table is a moving audiobook based on the untold true story of the women conscripted to be Hitler’s food tasters, from internationally bestselling author Rosella Postorino.

    "They called it the Wolfsschanze, the Wolf’s Lair. 'Wolf' was his nickname. As hapless as Little Red Riding Hood, I had ended up in his belly. A legion of hunters was out looking for him, and to get him in their grips they would gladly slay me as well."

    Germany, 1943: Twenty-six-year-old Rosa Sauer’s parents are gone, and her husband Gregor is far away, fighting on the front lines of WWII. Impoverished and alone, she makes the fateful decision to leave war-torn Berlin to live with her in-laws in the countryside, thinking she’ll find refuge there. But one morning, the SS come to tell her she has been conscripted to be one of Hitler’s tasters: three times a day, she and nine other women go to his secret headquarters, the Wolf’s Lair, to eat his meals before he does. Forced to eat what might kill them, the tasters begin to divide into The Fanatics, those loyal to Hitler, and the women like Rosa who insist they aren’t Nazis, even as they risk their lives every day for Hitler’s.

    As secrets and resentments grow, this unlikely sisterhood reaches its own dramatic climax. What’s more, one of Rosa’s SS guards has become dangerously familiar, and the war is worsening outside. As the months pass, it becomes increasingly clear that Rosa and everyone she knows are on the wrong side of history.

    Praise for At the Wolf's Table:

    "[Postorino's] ability to beautifully convey feelings of guilt, shame, love and remorse in a single gesture is a sign that we will be hearing more from her." — New York Times Book Review

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    TranslatorLeah Janeczko
    Release dateJan 29, 2019
    ISBN9781250316912
    Author

    Rosella Postorino

    Rosella Postorino is an internationally bestselling author and an editor. She speaks fluent English, Italian, French, and German. At the Wolf’s Table is her first novel to be translated into English.

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      I loved the evolution of the characters and their relationships. The story is told within a skillful weave of time and place. The narration is exceptional. The relationships are examined and presented in an intelligent and thought-provoking way using the primary character's experience, choices and inner life as an observed stream of being in the story. The author's writing is sharp and yet often dream-like. I found this book to provide suspense, unexpected turns and twists, surprising historical information, and a beautiful display of the psychology of relationships. This will long stay with me. I have placed it among my very favorite of historical novels.