The List: A Novel - Tapa dura

"Extraordinary - both spellbinding and heartbreaking, with brilliantly rendered characters and a breathtaking conclusion." --Andrea Mitchell, NBC News "An elegantly written and evocative story of Holocaust survivors and what they faced after the war. Martin, always the journalist, dug into his family's past to give us a novel that is at once instructive, darkly comic and ultimately inspiring." --Tom Brokaw "Will haunt and inspire you long after you turn the final page." -- Daniel Silva, author of "Portrait of a Spy" "" "Extraordinary - a page turning thriller that pulls you in and won't let go." --Jonathan Wilson, author of "A Palestine Affair" Praise for Martin Fletcher's Previous Books "Martin Fletcher is more than the consummate journalist. He is a master storyteller." --David Gregory, Moderator, "Meet the Press," on "Walking Israel" "" "A page-turner and a marvelous read." --Connie Chung on "Breaking News" "" "Fletcher's intense tale reads more like a thriller than a memoir." --"Entertainment Weekly" (A- review) on "Breaking News" "" "For decades Martin Fletcher has been the gold standard of television war correspondents, and his new book is a real-life, cross-continent adventure story.... It's a great and moving read." --Anderson Cooper on "Breaking News "

Dramatizing explosive events in London and Palestine in the years directly following World War II, "The List" follows the lives of Edith and Georg, Austrian refugees who are expecting their first baby in a world unfriendly to Jews. Anti-Semitism sweeps across the streets of London even as the world learns of the atrocities of the Holocaust. As Edith and Georg desperately search for surviving family members, they struggle to stay afloat in a world riddled with terrorism, assassination attempts, and fear.