Winter's End - Paperback

by Barbara Pronin (Author)

In Nazi-occupied Holland, three women risk everything to fight back.

As the brutal winter of 1944 closes in on the Netherlands, the war has become a daily struggle for survival. Food is scarce, fear is everywhere, and German control is tightening even as rumors of Allied liberation spread.

For Evi Strobel, a brave teenager living on a barge with her Resistance-connected mother, the fight begins with secret errands and dangerous messages-but soon becomes far more deadly. For Dr. Zoe Visser, a young veterinarian, resistance means stolen identity papers, hidden fugitives, and impossible choices in a country crumbling under occupation. For Mila Brouwer, the glamorous daughter of a wealthy collaborator, it means using charm, intelligence, and access to Nazi officers to gather secrets that could change the course of the war.

As their lives intersect, the three women are drawn deeper into sabotage, espionage, smuggling, moral risk, and personal loss. From taverns and safe houses to hospitals, train routes, and the frozen streets of Haarlem, they fight to save lives, outwit the Reich, and hold onto hope through the terrible Hunger Winter.

From wartime Holland to a powerful reckoning 70 years later and a world away, Winter's End is a sweeping historical novel of courage, sacrifice, friendship, resistance, and survival.