While Mortals Sleep (Songs in the Night Series, Book 1) - Softcover

Cavanaugh, Jack

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0764223070 ISBN 13: 9780764223075

Publisher: Bethany House Pub, 2001

Synopsis

A German pastor, Josef Schumacher joins the resistance movement against Hitler, hoping to save his young parishoners from the evils of Nazism. Original.

About this title

From Library Journal:

In 1939, Pastor Josef Schumacher's native Germany has become a nightmare of Nazi activism spreading its poisonous grip throughout his congregation and infecting the bright teenagers he has watched grow up. When one of his teens turns in his own father for listening to BBC broadcasts, an action that results in the man's execution, Josef can no longer remain uninvolved. Even though his pregnant wife begs him not to call attention to himself, Josef is drawn deeper into the resistance, risking his life daily. Cavanaugh ("An American Family Portrait" series) examines the lives of ordinary Germans who did not stand by while their countrymen began the wholesale slaughter of Jews. His portrayal of the impact of one man's work on the lives of others fits well on the shelf with Laurel Schunk's A Clear North Light (LJ 4/1/01). Highly recommended.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist:

While Mortals Sleep begins a new series, Songs of the Night, from the reliable Cavanaugh. It's about Reverend Josef Schumacher, who saw his father dragged away by the Nazi brownshirts, and who, in 1939, has begun to rebel by training his own small youth corps to follow God rather than Hitler. He issues each of his charges a special coin with a personalized Bible verse. Soon all are drawn into full-scale resistance, with Josef's timid wife, Mady, at last coming on board at great risk to herself. Portraying Nazis as evil hardly breaks new ground, and Cavanaugh's effort lacks the heart-wrenching quality of James Yoder's Black Spider over Tiegenhoff (1995). Even so, Cavanaugh is a smooth stylist, and his series is bound to circulate. John Mort
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

About this edition

• Publisher: Bethany House Pub
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0764223070
• ISBN 13: 9780764223075
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 378