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In "Code Name Sapphire"\, A woman must rescue her cousin's family from a train bound for Auschwitz in this riveting tale of bravery and resistance. \;
\nIt&rsquo\;s 1 942 and Hannah Martel has narrowly escaped Nazi Germany after her fianc&ea cute\; was killed in a pogrom. When her ship bound for America is turned a way at port\, she has nowhere to go but to her cousin Lily\, who lives wit h her family in Brussels. Fearful for her life\, Hannah is desperate to es cape occupied Europe. But with no safe way to leave\, she must return to t he dangerous underground work she thought she had left behind.
\nSee king help\, Hannah joins the Sapphire Line\, a secret resistance network l ed by a mysterious woman named Micheline and her enigmatic brother Mateo. But when a grave mistake causes Lily&rsquo\;s family to be arrested and sl ated for deportation to Auschwitz\, Hannah finds herself torn between her loyalties. How much is Hannah willing to sacrifice to save the people she loves? Inspired by incredible true stories of courage and sacrifice\, "Cod e Name Sapphire" is a powerful novel about love\, family and the unshakabl e resilience of women in even the hardest of times.
\nAbout the Auth or: \;Pam Jenoff was born in Maryland and raised outside Philadelphia. She attended George Washington University in Washington\, D.C.\, and Camb ridge University in England. Upon receiving her master&rsquo\;s in history from Cambridge\, she accepted an appointment as Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Army. Following her work at the Pentagon\, Pam moved to t he State Department. Pam left the Foreign Service in 1998 to attend law sc hool and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. She now teaches la w school at Rutgers.
\nPam is the "New York Times" bestselling autho r of "The Woman With The Blue Star"\, "The Lost Girls of Paris"\, "The Orp han&rsquo\;s Tale"\, "The Kommandant&rsquo\;s Girl"\, "The Diplomat&rsquo\ ;s Wife"\, "The Ambassador&rsquo\;s Daughter"\, "The Last Summer at Chelse a Beach"\, "The Winter Guest"\, "The Things We Cherished"\, "Almost Home" and "A Hidden Affair". She also authored a short story in the anthology "G rand Central: Original Postwar Stories of Love and Reunion". She lives out side Philadelphia with her husband\, three children\, dog\, cat\, lizard a nd bird.
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