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The Ragged Edge of Night

von Olivia Hawker

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"Germany, 1942. Franciscan friar Anton Starzmann is stripped of his place in the world when his school is seized by the Nazis. He relocates to a small German hamlet to wed Elisabeth Herter, a widow who seeks a marriage--in name only--to a man who can help raise her three children. Anton seeks something too--atonement for failing to protect his young students from the wrath of the Nazis. But neither he nor Elisabeth expects their lives to be shaken once again by the inescapable rumble of war. As Anton struggles to adapt to the roles of husband and father, he learns of the Red Orchestra, an underground network of resisters plotting to assassinate Hitler. Despite Elisabeth's reservations, Anton joins this army of shadows. But when the SS discovers his schemes, Anton will embark on a final act of defiance that may cost him his life--even if it means saying goodbye to the family he has come to love more than he ever believed possible." --… (mehr)
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True Story that takes place during the war in Germany. Anton, a priest who was deflocked by the Nazi's. He traveled to a small town in response to an ad from a young widow in need of a husband to help support her 3 children - no romantic strings attached - he weds her and as the war increases Anton, along with the local parish priest joins a resistance group. He also formed a music band of young children to shield them from being forced to join the Hitler Youth group. The story was so engaging as the relationship of Anton an Elizabeth marriage evolves into love and the tragic fear of being found that they oppose the war and working against it including hiding the church bells once Hitler sends troops to collect. Love the story - very moving. ( )
  booklovers2 | Mar 12, 2023 |
Historical fiction about a former friar, a widow, and her family living in a small rural German town during WWII. Protagonist Anton Starzmann had been a teacher in a Franciscan order before it was disbanded by Hitler’s regime. He suffers enormous guilt for not having done more to protect his students from being taken by the Nazis. After a brief stint in the Wehrmacht Anton decides to answer a widow’s advertisement seeking a husband to help her provide for her three children.

This book offers an original premise for a WWII-related story. It shows what life was like in the country, where threats exist but bombs are at a distance. The war does not impact them physically as much as emotionally and psychologically. Many Germans in the town want to resist but need to find ways that do not endanger their families. This moral dilemma is central to the story. The author’s writing is lyrical. Many of Anton’s thoughts are, as would be expected from a former friar, filtered through a religious lens, and I found this particularly effective in setting a tone of spiritual reflection.

The book is character-driven and focused on relationships, which are built slowly. Based on the lives of real people, it is a touching story of courage in the face of evil. It shows the importance of small acts of defiance, even if results are not immediate or obvious. It contains an element of hope in a damaged world. I found it both poignant and thought-provoking. ( )
  Castlelass | Oct 30, 2022 |
The Ragged Edge of Night is a wonderful historical-fiction novel that ties together a slow smoldering romance with a suspenseful tall of intrigue, heroism, bravery and courage. It tells a side of WW II not often explored in so many books, the story of those within Germany who saw Hitler for the evil despot he was and dared to resist.
While popular fiction uses a broad brush to depict Germany during the war, wiser heads realize that not everyone was taken in by the Nazis and that many stood up to resist. Resisting Hitler was dangerous but necessary, just as it is when any country loses its way and becomes ruled by madmen.
The Ragged Edge of Night, based on a real story, follows the meeting and marriage of two very unlikely spouses who try to scratch out a living and protect their children in a time of desperation and danger. The story engrossed readers, reading far more like a suspense thriller than a fictionalized retelling of actual events. It is a tribute to people who respond to the morality of their hearts rather than to the fears or temptations of those around them.
The writing never waivers from excellence, articulately describing events, settings and characters, making readers feel as if they are part of the action.
I am glad I found this book and hope many, many others do, too. ( )
  PaulLoesch | Apr 2, 2022 |
“Why this relentless, this secret optimism - this resolve, hard and hot at the base of my spine, and buried none too deep in my breast? The cancer that gnaws at us is too hungry to be sated. And I am but one man - one man. Christ Jesus, I always believed You were merciful, but this is a monstrous cruelty, to make me dream of a time when evil may fall… I cannot help but know it. Against all sense, I believe. Somewhere, beyond the ragged edge of night, light bleeds into this world.”

This is the fictionalized telling of the real Anton Starzmann, a friar, who finds himself in a marriage of convenience with a widow once his brotherhood is dissolved by the Nazis. As the war inches closer and closer to their village, Anton remains focused on his faith - doing what he can to lead, provide for and to protect his new family and his new home. His own acts of resistance small at first, but not unnoticed. And when the darkest night comes to Anton, all he can do is endure and cling to the dawn.

Although I enjoy WWII books in general, I really liked this one. Anton is a person like any other, struggling with a world gone mad, struggling with his faith, continuing to move ever forward - the only way he knows how. People like Anton are what we look for when we read the WWII genre, the ones that restore our hope in humanity, our hope in goodness, in light. ( )
  VictoriaPL | Jan 18, 2022 |
As the author's notes reveal in the back, I was surprised to find this was a true story taken from the life of Josef Anton Starzmann, who lived in the small German town of Unterboihingen during WWII. Part of the resistance effort to assassinate Adolph Hitler, he failed in that endeavor but inspired and brought hope to many with his musical talents and bravery at resisting Hitler's SS demands to turn over the church bells of his small town. I found the book uplifting and was glad to know people like Anton really existed in such turbulent times. ( )
  PaulaGalvan | May 9, 2021 |
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"Germany, 1942. Franciscan friar Anton Starzmann is stripped of his place in the world when his school is seized by the Nazis. He relocates to a small German hamlet to wed Elisabeth Herter, a widow who seeks a marriage--in name only--to a man who can help raise her three children. Anton seeks something too--atonement for failing to protect his young students from the wrath of the Nazis. But neither he nor Elisabeth expects their lives to be shaken once again by the inescapable rumble of war. As Anton struggles to adapt to the roles of husband and father, he learns of the Red Orchestra, an underground network of resisters plotting to assassinate Hitler. Despite Elisabeth's reservations, Anton joins this army of shadows. But when the SS discovers his schemes, Anton will embark on a final act of defiance that may cost him his life--even if it means saying goodbye to the family he has come to love more than he ever believed possible." --

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