The Things We Cannot Say: A Novel Paperback – March 19, 2019 by Kelly Rimmer

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Author: Rimmer Kelly

Brand: Graydon House

Edition: Original

Package Dimensions: 31x228x410

Number Of Pages: 432

Release Date: 19-03-2019

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Now a
New York Times
bestseller!From the author of
Truths I Never Told You,
Before I Let You Go
, and the upcoming The Warsaw Orphan, Kelly Rimmer’s powerful WWII novel follows a woman’s urgent search for answers to a family mystery that uncovers truths about herself that she never expected.“Kelly Rimmer has outdone herself. I thought that
Before I Let You Go
was one of the best novels I had ever read…If you only have time to read one book this year
The Things We Cannot Say
should be that book. Keep tissues handy.”—
Fresh Fiction

“Fans of
The Nightingale
and
Lilac Girls
will adore
The Things We Cannot Say
.” —Pam Jenoff,
New York Times
bestselling author

In 1942, Europe remains in the relentless grip of war. Just beyond the tents of the Russian refugee camp she calls home, a young woman speaks her wedding vows. It’s a decision that will alter her destiny…and it’s a lie that will remain buried until the next century.

Since she was nine years old, Alina Dziak knew she would marry her best friend, Tomasz. Now fifteen and engaged, Alina is unconcerned by reports of Nazi soldiers at the Polish border, believing her neighbors that they pose no real threat, and dreams instead of the day Tomasz returns from college in Warsaw so they can be married. But little by little, injustice by brutal injustice, the Nazi occupation takes hold, and Alina’s tiny rural village, its families, are divided by fear and hate.

Then, as the fabric of their lives is slowly picked apart, Tomasz disappears. Where Alina used to measure time between visits from her beloved, now she measures the spaces between hope and despair, waiting for word from Tomasz and avoiding the attentions of the soldiers who patrol her parents’ farm. But for now, even deafening silence is preferable to grief.

Slipping between Nazi-occupied Poland and the frenetic pace of modern life, Kelly Rimmer creates an emotional and finely wrought narrative.
The Things We Cannot Say
is an unshakable reminder of the devastation when truth is silenced…and how it can take a lifetime to find our voice before we learn to trust it.Don’t miss Kelly Rimmer’s new and unforgettable novel, The Warsaw Orphan.
Review
“An intense story of survival, hardship, and heartbreak, The Things We Cannot Say is sure to evoke emotion in even the most cynical reader.”-New York Journal of Books

“Rimmer (Before I Let You Go) gives each story line the space to develop organically, resulting in concluding chapters that tie the two women’s stories together in an extremely moving fashion. Fans of Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale (2015) and Pam Jenoff’s The Orphan’s Tale (2017) will enjoy this absorbing, emotional tale of love, heartbreak, and resilience.”-Booklist

“Kelly Rimmer has raised the already high bar with this unforgettable novel. It is that rare author that takes the reader so deeply into a world that you smell the smells, feel the hunger, see the devastation…and the lengths we will go to for the ones we love. Fans of Jodi Picoult and Kristin Hannah now have a new go-to author.” -Bestselling author Sally Hepworth

“In The Things We Cannot Say, Kelly Rimmer deftly weaves together the narratives of Alina, a young woman struggling to survive the Second World War in Poland and Alice, a mother and wife juggling the intergenerational complexities of modern family. Their stories converge when Alice undertakes a journey to uncover the secrets of her dying grandmother’s past. Fans of The Nightingale and Lilac Girls will adore The Things We Cannot Say, a poetic and unforgettable tale of the past that is always with us, the truth that sets us free and the long journey home.” – Pam Jenoff, NYT Bestselling Author of The Orphan’s Tale

“Kelly Rimmer has raised the already high bar with this unforgettable novel, The Things We Cannot Say. It is that rare author that takes the reader so deeply into a world that you smell the smells, feel the hunger, see the devastat