The Winter Rose: A WWII Time-Slip Mystery of Love, Loss, and Hidden Family Ties
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Overview
In this gripping WWII time-slip novel from the author whose books have been called “propulsive” and a “must-read” (Publishers Weekly), Grace Tonquin is an American Quaker who works tirelessly in Vichy France to rescue Jewish children from the Nazis. After crossing the treacherous Pyrénées, Grace returns home to Oregon with a brother and sister whose parents were lost during the war. Though Grace and her husband love Élias and Marguerite as their own, echoes of Grace’s past and trauma from the Holocaust tear the Tonquin family apart.
More than fifty years after they disappear, Addie Hoult arrives at Tonquin Lake, hoping to find the Tonquin family. For Addie, the mystery is a matter of life and death for her beloved mentor Charlie, who is battling a genetic disease. Though Charlie refuses to discuss his ties to the elusive Tonquins, finding them is the only way to save his life and mend the wounds from his broken past.
Melanie Dobson is a master at time-slip stories. . . . With skillful prose, impeccable research, heart-tugging characters, and a plot full of intrigue, Dobson keeps readers turning pages until the very end.
From the snowy Pyrénées to the lush forests of Oregon, from the scars of war to the solace of family, Melanie Dobson weaves a story of how God can transform the pain of the past into a loving plan for the future.
A magnificent novel set in the midst of WWII in France with ripples that continue to the present day. . . . Altogether brilliant and breathtaking.
- Title: The Winter Rose: A WWII Time-Slip Mystery of Love, Loss, and Hidden Family Ties
- Author: Melanie Dobson
- Publisher: Tyndale Fiction
- Print Publication Date: 2022
- Logos Release Date: 2022
- Pages: 384
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781496444240, 9781496444226, 1496444221, 1496444248
- Resource ID: LLS:9781496444240
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2026-01-20T21:30:10Z