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The Last Secret

A Novel

by Maia Caron
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•INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER•
A sweeping, dazzling dual-timeline novel centering on two unforgettable women—and their inextricable link to each other decades apart.
Ukraine, 1944
As the world around her is ripped apart by war and infiltrated by Nazi soldiers, Savka Ivanets works as a medic for the Ukrainian resistance, stitching wounds by day, stealing supplies by night, and dodging firefights between the SS and Soviet partisans. When her husband, Marko, a reluctant member of the Waffen-SS, forces her to deliver a coded message to an underground bunker, she’s terrified. But when her mission doesn’t go as planned, and her son, Taras, is kidnapped by the KGB, Savka fears she’ll never see him again.
Salt Spring Island, 1972
For Jeanie Esterhazy, the world, with its whispers and curious eyes, is too much to bear. Ever since the horrific accident that left her badly scarred, Jeanie, unable to remember anything about that awful day, has pulled away from society, utterly isolated.
Then a mysterious stranger appears at her house, and Jeanie suddenly begins having flashbacks about the night of her wedding—flashbacks that hold answers to the questions she’s had for years; flashbacks that make her realize the world around her is not as it seems.  
Weaving together Savka and Jeanie's stories with artful precision, The Last Secret is at once luminous and transporting, a brilliant and impossible-to-forget story of love, hope, and the breathtaking resilience of women.

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    September 24, 2024

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      • ISBN: 9780385688833

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      • ISBN: 9780385688833
      • File size: 2818 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      Starred review from September 1, 2024

      With the world at war in 1944, Savka Ivanets works as a medic for the Ukrainian resistance against Soviet control. Her husband, Marko, spent years as a resistance leader, but has now taken a position with the Nazi SS where he's fighting against the Soviets. When Marko shows up after a long absence with a coded message for Savka and their son Taras to take to Underground headquarters, Savka is leery, but she obeys her husband. The mission goes terribly wrong, with Taras taken by the KGB and Savka shot, left for dead. Savka wonders if she will ever see her son again. Fast-forward to Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, in 1972. Landscape artist Jeanie Esterhazy, known as the "Fire Bride" due to the burns she received over much of her body on her wedding day in 1959, struggles to free herself from her questionable caretaker, Pat. Jeanie digs into both her own hazy past and Pat's, uncovering a connection to Savka and the world of Soviet intrigue. VERDICT A stunning page-turner, Caron's (Song of Batoche) novel is perfect for fans of World War II and Cold War fiction and stories with strong women characters.--Lucinda Ward

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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