My Dearest Dietrich: A Novel of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Lost Love
Jun 2019 · Kregel Academic
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A staggering love illuminating the dark corners of a Nazi prison
Renowned German pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer is famous for his resistance to the Nazi regime and for his allegiance to God over government. But what few realize is that the last years of his life also held a love story that rivals any romance novel.
Maria von Wedemeyer knows the realities of war. Her beloved father and brother have both been killed on the battlefield. The last thing this spirited young woman needs is to fall for a man under constant surveillance by the Gestapo. How can she give another piece of her heart to a man so likely to share the same final fate? Yet when Dietrich Bonhoeffer, an old family friend, comes to comfort the von Wedemeyers after their losses, she discovers that love isn't always logical.
Dietrich himself has determined to keep his distance from romantic attachments. There is too much work to be done for God, and his involvement in the conspiracy is far too important. But when he encounters a woman whose intelligence and conviction match his own, he's unprepared for how easy it is to give away his heart.
Renowned German pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer is famous for his resistance to the Nazi regime and for his allegiance to God over government. But what few realize is that the last years of his life also held a love story that rivals any romance novel.
Maria von Wedemeyer knows the realities of war. Her beloved father and brother have both been killed on the battlefield. The last thing this spirited young woman needs is to fall for a man under constant surveillance by the Gestapo. How can she give another piece of her heart to a man so likely to share the same final fate? Yet when Dietrich Bonhoeffer, an old family friend, comes to comfort the von Wedemeyers after their losses, she discovers that love isn't always logical.
Dietrich himself has determined to keep his distance from romantic attachments. There is too much work to be done for God, and his involvement in the conspiracy is far too important. But when he encounters a woman whose intelligence and conviction match his own, he's unprepared for how easy it is to give away his heart.
With their deep love comes risk--and neither Dietrich nor Maria is prepared for just how great that risk soon becomes.
Based on detailed historical research, this true love story is at once beautiful and heartrending. My Dearest Dietrich sheds new light on a world-famous theologian . . . and the woman who changed his life.
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Andrea S.
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June 4, 2019
I haven't the words to describe the emotions I felt while reading this amazing book. Nor do I have words that will do it proper justice in a review. So very well written and researched by Amanda Barratt, this is the fictionalized story of Dietrich and Maria but based on fact and actual letters. I knew some of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's life story as a theologian, I did not know of his story as a man, until now. It is a true love story like no other. Knowing that there is no happily ever after caused me to feel the words more deeply than I ever have before. I read the entire book in a single day, sobbing several times 'till the end. The story is moving, heartrending, tragic, haunting, and beautiful all at the same time. The letters, the brief meetings, the single hour at a time allowed for visiting (under the watchful eye of Gestapo guards), their last hour together. This is a book that must be read and felt in your own hearts. I do recommend this book. It will stay with you long after you turn the last page.
About the author
Amanda Barratt s the ECPA best-selling author of several novels and novellas, including My Heart Belongs in Niagara Falls, New York. She is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers and a two-time FHL Reader’s Choice Award finalist. She and her family live in northern Michigan. Visit her at www.amandabarratt.net.
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