Catching the Wind

   BOOK REVIEW: What happened to Brigitte Berthold?  That question has haunted Daniel Knight since he was thirteen, when he and ten-year-old Brigitte escaped the Gestapo agents who arrested both their parents. They survived a harrowing journey from Germany to England, only to be separated upon their arrival. Daniel vowed to find Brigitte after the war, a promise he has fought to fulfill for more than seventy years.
   Now a wealthy old man, Daniel's final hope in finding Brigitte rests with Quenby Vaughn, an American journalist working in London. He believes Quenby's tenacity to find missing people and her personal investment in a related WWII espionage story will help her succeed where previous investigators have failed. Though Quenby is wrestling her own demons--and wary at the idea of teaming up with Daniel's lawyer, Lucas Hough--the lure of Brigitte's story is too much to resist. Together, Quenby and Lucas delve deep into the past, following a trail of deception, sacrifice, and healing that could change all of their futures.

   MY REVIEW:  If you've ever read Cathy Gohlke's Secrets She Kept, you would find a resemblance between it and Catching the Wind. Both are written in flashback (every-otherish chapter) to reveal an old tale that is being discovered years later. And, both books are exceptionally well-written, telling a moving tale of tragedy and discovery.
   We think we face trials in our lives, but compared to those told in this book, they are nothing but trifling annoyances that hinder our grand illusions of the wonderful life we think we deserve.
   I really enjoyed this book--I read it all at once without a pause. The story unraveled in an interesting, not too slow manner. And the discoveries that Quenby made where quite interesting, though they can somewhat be guessed toward the end. I would say this is a perfect lazy afternoon book that doesn't make you feel as though you just wasted a whole afternoon.

        I received this book from TYNDALE PUBLISHERS per their blogger program, and was not required to write a positive review.