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Amsterdam, 1940 Herta lives a contented life until Nazi Germany invades the Netherlands. As Jews, she and her family face persecution. Across town, Julia finds herself in the midst of upheaval when her husband becomes involved in Nazi activities. Then Herta and Julia’s husbands go missing—one to hide from the Nazis, and the other to collaborate with them. As the Jewish population faces rising tension, Herta feels compelled to find a hiding place for her daughters. Unexpected developments bring the mothers together, but their potential for true friendship becomes compromised when their identities surface. They are confronted with dangerous consequences that could harm not only them but also their daughters. Following We Shall Not Shatter, book 1 of the Resilient Women of WWII Trilogy, this captivating story of friendship questions whether two mothers, striving to ensure their children’s future, can overcome the issues of religion and heritage that could lead the Nazis right to their doorstep.

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Deeply thought-provoking. The author follows the lives of two very different mothers who live in the Netherlands during WWII. As the war presses in around them, their relationship with each other evolves from distrust to a true sisterhood that will enable them to survive and even help others during a truly horrifying time in history. - Caroline Crocker, PhD, co-author of Overcoming the Jackboot, the true story of an indomitable half-German child who survived the Nazi occupation-and learned to be truly brave. Our Daughters' Last Hope focuses on the experiences of two women, Herta and Julia, following the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam in 1940. A visceral, terrifying blend of fear and hope, violence and solidarity swirls as the two face disappearances-and sometimes unwelcome reappearances-of loved ones, growing repression, increasingly grim living conditions and the constant threat of denunciation or death. Stock raises fundamental questions: how far can you trust your friends, or family? What should you do if duty conflicts with what seems right? What if survival means breaking taboos? And what would you do if Nazis took over your country? Like her earlier work in the Resilient Women of WWII series, the story draws on solid chunks of research as well as a rich vein of imagination to examine the fate of ordinary women driven to extraordinary feats by awful circumstances. Worth a look if you like historical fiction. - Leigh Turner, author of Palladium and Blood Summit Elaine Stock's old world voice immerses us in the poignant stories of two women who plumb depths of amazing resiliency and revise the concept of family to survive and protect their children during the unspeakable ravages of the Holocaust. Such deeply personal novels connect and remind us we must never forget these horrors. - Sandra L. Young, author of Divine Vintage

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Elaine Stock writes Historical Fiction, exploring home, family and friendships throughout time. She enjoys creating stories showing how all faiths, races, and belief systems are interconnected and need each other. Inspired by her paternal heritage from Brzeziny Poland, Elaine wrote We Shall Not Shatter, Book 1 of the Resilient Women of WWII Trilogy. The novel has earned the Historical Fiction Company 5-star and “Highly Recommended” Review and won the Finalist Award in the Historical WWI-WWII category of the Historical Fiction Company 2021 Contest. Book 2, Our Daughters’ Last Hope, features what becomes of Herta, a character from Book 1, and her family, in Amsterdam. Book 3, When We Disappeared, is the story about Herta’s daughter within Nazi Germany. The audiobook for all three books of the Trilogy will be produced by Tantor Media.
Although multi-published in award-winning Inspirational Fiction, and a past blogger and online magazine contributor, Elaine now pens novels for the general reading audience. She is a member of Women’s Fiction Writers Association and The Historical Novel Society. Born in Brooklyn, New York, she has been living in upstate, rural New York with her husband for more years than her stint as a city gal. She enjoys long walks down country roads, visiting New England towns, and of course, a good book.

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