54. A Question of Human Faithfulness

Waiting for something or someone is an exhausting task. Waiting for the special ones feels like a heavy burden too. It's not the question of whether or not the other person is worthy of us, but more to the question of whether or not that person stays faithful to his / her promises. What if he / she doesn't come back for us? What if he / she finds someone else? What if he / she fulfils the promise out of a mere obligation (doesn't feel the same way like he / she did when he / she made that promise to us) ? It's very very very very very, very stressful. Let's just put all thoughts to rest, and do something else. Like, reading a book for a change?

Synopsis

Soon to be a major television event from Pascal Pictures, starring Tom Holland.

Based on the true story of a forgotten hero, the USA Today and #1 Amazon Charts bestseller Beneath a Scarlet Sky is the triumphant, epic tale of one young man’s incredible courage and resilience during one of history’s darkest hours.

Pino Lella wants nothing to do with the war or the Nazis. He’s a normal Italian teenager—obsessed with music, food, and girls—but his days of innocence are numbered. When his family home in Milan is destroyed by Allied bombs, Pino joins an underground railroad helping Jews escape over the Alps, and falls for Anna, a beautiful widow six years his senior.

In an attempt to protect him, Pino’s parents force him to enlist as a German soldier—a move they think will keep him out of combat. But after Pino is injured, he is recruited at the tender age of eighteen to become the personal driver for Adolf Hitler’s left hand in Italy, General Hans Leyers, one of the Third Reich’s most mysterious and powerful commanders.

Now, with the opportunity to spy for the Allies inside the German High Command, Pino endures the horrors of the war and the Nazi occupation by fighting in secret, his courage bolstered by his love for Anna and for the life he dreams they will one day share.

Fans of All the Light We Cannot See, The Nightingale, and Unbroken will enjoy this riveting saga of history, suspense, and love.

Book Recommendation:

• Mark Sullivan - Beneath a Scarlet Sky: A Novel