The Berlin Zookeeper
Anna Stuart
Category: Drama
Two women. One wartime secret. A family mystery waiting to be discovered… 1943: Katharina battles to keep Berlin Zoo safe and to get three pregnant carers out, whatever the risks. 2019: Bethan finds a list of names in her dead mother’s jewellery box that takes her to Berlin Zoo for a quest that will turn her past upside down.
Two women. One wartime secret. A family mystery waiting to be discovered…
1943: Katharina Heinroth is battling to keep both the animals of Berlin Zoo and their frightened carers safe as bombing intensifies in Hitler’s capital. With three of the women pregnant, she has to find a way to get them out, whatever the risks.
2019: Bethan Taylor finds a list of names in her dead mother’s jewellery box that takes her to Berlin Zoo, for a job that will change her future and a quest that will turn her past upside down.
This bestselling novel is the first of Anna Stuart’s WW2 and has been hailed by top blogger Anne Williams as a ‘compelling read, deeply moving, and a fitting tribute to the ordinary Berliners who risked their lives for a future they believed in.’
