Resistance Women A Novel

From the New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker, this enthralling historical saga recreates the danger, romance, and sacrifice of an era and brings to life one courageous, passionate American—Mildred Fish Harnack—and her circle of women friends who waged a clandestine battle against Hitler in Nazi Berlin. After Wisconsin graduate student Mildred Fish marries German economist Arvid Harnack, she accompanies him to his homeland. In the thriving intellectual culture of 1930s Berlin, they create a rich new life, but the rise of Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party compels Mildred, Arvid, and their friends to resist. Mildred gathers intelligence for her American contacts, including Martha Dodd, the daughter of the U.S. ambassador, while her German friends, aspiring author Greta Kuckoff and literature student Sara Weitz, risk their lives to collect information from high-level officials. For years, Mildred's network stealthily fights to bring down the Third Reich from within, until the Harnack resistance cell is exposed with fatal consequences. Inspired by actual events, the novel tells the story of ordinary people determined to resist the rise of evil, sacrificing their own lives and liberty to fight injustice and defend the oppressed.

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