Publisher: BeRead Ltd
A decade after the Second World War has ended Sixteen year old Friedrich is mourning the death of his adoptive Mother when something compels him to begin a search for his Birth Mother.
Release date: 17 June 2025
Back cover blurb: Lives are torn apart. Lives are woven together… As war approaches. Young Jewish couple Max and Gerda are running their treasured family toyshop, but impending danger will force them to make unimaginable choices to stay alive. There are decisions to be made. Just fifteen and drafted into the SS, Josef is unprepared for war. Serving his country will force Josef to question all he knows about himself. Can he do everything that’s asked of him – and should he? What will be their legacy? A decade after the war’s end, a death in sixteen-year-old Friedrich’s family propels him to investigate the past and uncover the truth about who he really is. As they battle to survive World War II and life in Nazi Germany, Max and Gerda, Josef and Friedrich’s lives intersect in unexpected and profound ways. This sweeping, life-affirming novel explores identity, conscience, resilience and the profound human connections that endure.
Left at an orphanage during the Second World War he was quickly adopted by a young family desperate for a child of their own.
During the War Josef is enlisted young, because of his size and strength but he knows that he does not want to be a part of it.
He doesn't want to enlist, but knows he doesn't have a choice. To refuse would not only have terrifying consequences for him, but his whole family.
What Josef takes part in and sees throughout the War cannot be undone, but can one final act make him seem human at least?
And just how are Josef and Friedrich's stories entwined?
It is a tragic, but beautiful story of how the smallest of threads can link generations.
The Threads Remain is available now via Amazon online and all good book shops.
Thank You to the publishers who approved my request via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.