The Things We Cannot Say - Kelly Rimmer

The Things We Cannot Say

By Kelly Rimmer

  • Release Date: 2019-03-19
  • Genre: Historical
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 2,570 Ratings

Description

Now a New York Times bestseller!

From the author of Truths I Never Told You, Before I Let You Go, and the 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.

“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 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 next novel, The Paris Agent, where a family’s innocent search for answers brings a long-forgotten, twenty-five-year-old mystery to light—coming July 2023!

 
For more by Kelly Rimmer, look for Before I Let You Go Truths I Never Told You The Warsaw Orphan The German Wife

Reviews

  • Absolutely

    5
    By Fhfhjgc
    Heartbreaking. Incredible. My eyes could not stay dry. Written so beautifully, tackling so many issues at once; tragedy, family struggles, aging, dying, trauma, community, love. Such a gorgeous and moving historical fiction, very well exemplifying the truth and mourning of such a violent part of history. Thank you for this book, it has moved me unimaginably.
  • Fantastic

    5
    By Parks FTL
    Rarely do I give a book Five Stars. The story is heartbreaking and amazing.
  • Loved this book

    5
    By Jeanne C.
    I’ve read an other book from this author but I’m starting to really love the depth of heart of these books! I can’t stop now…. Going to her newest book, thank you for writing from your heart and about the heart. Life changing
  • Loved reading this book

    5
    By Curtis JL
    A well written book with an excellent story!
  • Amazing

    5
    By Taresa R
    So beautiful
  • Love and war :(

    5
    By KJOHN131
    A great historical recollection of fierce love and the imminent invasion of Poland during WW2. I was sad reading this but loved the ending! The detail and side-stories all relate to the bigger picture and I like how the integration of two story lines because smoother as the story went on. Would recommend.
  • Amazing!

    5
    By number1nanaw
    Amazing
  • Compelling

    5
    By chisnic
    One of the best books I’ve ever read. The authors ability to go back in forth in time, the depth of the characters, I felt as if I was seeing it all in my mind. Highly recommend this book!
  • Life loved cherished

    5
    By reads2mch
    A story well written to explore the impossibilities of history. The resilience of one families heritage, souls past and present.
  • Enthralling

    5
    By blingjrw
    Couldn’t put down this book! Intertwined lives of two women and a great love story at the heart if it.