Sunday, October 17, 2021

The Girl on the Platform

 Welcome to my blog tour for The Girl on the Platform which is been hosted by Bookouture



Title: The Girl On The Platform

Author: Ellie Midwood 


Genre: Historical fiction - WW 2 story 
Note: he inspiring true story of Libby Schulze-Boysen, a German girl and her husband who even though both was Germans fight against what Hitler stood for and it led to their untimely death . 
Rating: 5 
Now on to my thoughts
First off  like always I  want to say a  huge  thank you to the publisher  Bookouture  , the author  Ellie Midwood , and to NetGalley for the invite to join this blog tour as well as letting me read and review it.Once again a big win when it comes to Bookouture's historical fiction WW 2 based stories, they've knocked it out the ball park once again with this one. For those who don't know me I'm a big reader of WW 2 stories wither its nonfiction or historical fiction ( that is  even their down right ), because their on parts of our history and people that I never knew about , it brings their life to life and it helps us to never forget what they did wither its good like frighting for what they believed in and stood up for it or if they were the ones that was part of the horrendous crimes  that happened doing those times. This story should that not all Germans was for Hitler and his way of life or his thoughts , they didn't see the color of the person's religion, they just saw people , and how they was treated so wrongly, that even though it could mean friends, family turning their backs on them as well as their own death , they stood up for what they believed in. And that in  my book makes them heroes .



 Book: The Girl on the Platform
Author: Ellie Midwood
Pub Day: Oct 13th 2021

Buy Links: 

Amazon: https://geni.us/B099FC2RKLsocial 

Apple: http://ow.ly/iNIY50FwtI8

Kobo: http://ow.ly/wf3S50FwtFY

Google: http://ow.ly/ZG7H50FwtJX 


About the Book: 

Berlin, 1939: The inspiring true story of Libby Schulze-Boysen, a German girl who refused to back down to the Nazis. In the face of evil, she vowed to live by the truth––or die by it.


“Be brave. Don’t run. Fight.” With her eyes tightly shut, tears rolling from under her dark lashes, she felt his lips gently touch her burning cheek. The train on the platform whistled, and he disappeared into the steam.


Libby moves to Berlin to start a new life––as far away as possible from her family and their alliance with the Nazis. But in the city, there’s no escape from Hitler’s brutal regime. And when Libby’s friend vanishes into thin air, she decides she cannot stand back and do nothing…


After Libby makes connections with fellow anti-Nazis, she’s introduced to Harro. Instantly, she knows there’s a story behind his cornflower-blue eyes. The whip marks on his back, scars from the SS, tell his secret: he is a resistance fighter.


Harro draws Libby into the world of the resistance, and as they fall in love, their life grows increasingly dangerous. Becoming a double agent, Libby infiltrates the Ministry of Propaganda. By day, they smuggle classified documents. By night, they hold clandestine meetings by candlelight and plot Hitler’s downfall.


But in the frostbitten winter of 1942, Libby fears that the Gestapo is stalking them––their every move watched, their phone calls recorded. And one day, Harro simply disappears. Will they ever be reunited? Or will everything they’ve risked their lives for be in vain?


Fans of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, The Alice Network and The Lilac Girls will be utterly gripped by this heartbreaking page-turner. Based on a true story, this beautiful novel shows that even when our freedom is stolen, we still have a choice…



Author Bio

Ellie Midwood is a USA Today bestselling and award-winning historical fiction author. She owes her interest in the history of the Second World War to her grandfather, Junior Sergeant in the 2nd Guards Tank Army of the First Belorussian Front, who began telling her about his experiences on the frontline when she was a young girl. Growing up, her interest in history only deepened and transformed from reading about the war to writing about it. After obtaining her BA in Linguistics, Ellie decided to make writing her full-time career and began working on her first full-length historical novel, "The Girl from Berlin." Ellie is continuously enriching her library with new research material and feeds her passion for WWII and Holocaust history by collecting rare memorabilia and documents.

In her free time, Ellie is a health-obsessed yoga enthusiast, neat freak, adventurer, Nazi Germany history expert, polyglot, philosopher, a proud Jew, and a doggie mama. Ellie lives in New York with her fiancé and their Chihuahua named Shark Bait.


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