The Night Traveler: A Novel
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Berlin, 1931: Ally Keller, a talented young poet, is alone and scared when she gives birth to a mixed-race daughter she names Lilith. As the Nazis rise to power, Ally knows she must keep her baby in the shadows to protect her against Hitler’s deadly ideology of Aryan purity. But as she grows, it becomes more and more difficult to keep Lilith hidden so Ally sets in motion a dangerous and desperate plan to send her daughter across the ocean to safety.
Havana, 1958: Now an adult, Lilith has few memories of her mother or her childhood in Germany. Besides, she’s too excited for her future with her beloved Martin, a Cuban pilot with strong ties to the Batista government. But as the flames of revolution ignite, Lilith and her newborn daughter, Nadine, find themselves at a terrifying crossroads.
Berlin, 1988: As a scientist in Berlin, Nadine is dedicated to ensuring the dignity of the remains of all those who were murdered by the Nazis. Yet she has spent her entire lifetime avoiding the truth about her own family’s history. It takes her daughter, Luna, to encourage Nadine to uncover the truth about the choices her mother and grandmother made to ensure the survival of their children. And it will fall to Luna to come to terms with a shocking betrayal that changes everything she thought she knew about her family’s past.
“A stunning multigenerational story” (Publishers Weekly, starred review), The Night Traveler reveals the power of self-discovery and motherly love.
Armando Lucas Correa
Armando Lucas Correa is an award-winning journalist, editor, author, and the recipient of several awards from the National Association of Hispanic Publications and the Society of Professional Journalism. He is the author of the international bestseller The German Girl, which is now being published in seventeen languages and has sold more than one million copies; The Daughter’s Tale; and The Night Traveler, for which he was awarded the Cintas Foundation Creative Writing Fellowship. He lives in New York City with his husband and their three children. Visit ArmandoLucasCorrea.com.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Ally has given birth to a mixed race daughter, Lilith. As the Nazis rise to power, Lilith’s life is threatened every day. So, Ally does an ultimate sacrifice. She sends her daughter overseas for protection. This would change their lives and destinies forever.This is a story which spans several decades and several famous events. I especially enjoyed the part set in Cuba. I learned quite a bit about this time period.I was supposed to physically read this one but I had a good many books due so I decided to get it from audible. I am glad I did. I will be honest, if I had physically read it, I probably would have DNFed it. It is a tad bit slow in places. But, don’t hold that against this book because the ending is the best. And I would have missed that!Need a good family saga…this is it! Grab your copy today!I received this novel from the publisher for a honest review.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This novel was both interesting and frustrating to read. I found the concept fascinating - a multi-generational story that opens with the birth of a Black girl in 1930s Germany - but I kept getting frustrated with the sudden time shifts throughout the book that made me want to re-organize the entire book.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I became connected to the first caharcter, but her daughter became the next focus, then her daughter, and so forth for another generation. I became turesineand I wondered, too, about a possible translater interpreting the book from Spanish? Alas He write in English. New to me topics such as refugees in Cuba came up so I did learn some.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A story that spans decades and generations, strong women that give their most precious gift to others in order to save lives.The story begins and ends in Germany, first with the evil that has penetrated Europe, and then the same in Cuba, ultimately ending back to the beginning in Berlin. Four generations, and we follow them and their hard decisions to choose life for their children.Tough subjects are dealt with, and keep reading to the authors notes, some disturbing revelations are revealed, things that happened that most are oblivious to.This is a page turner, some of the people in the path of these individuals are wolves in sheep clothing, sadly.A read that although fiction, could be very true, and we need to not forget!I received this book through Net Galley and the publisher Atria Books, and was not required to give a positive review.