Goodnight, Vienna

Today's post is on Goodnight, Vienna by Marius Gabriel. It is 379 pages long and is published by Lake Union Publishing. The cover has a woman and a girl facing away from the reader with war planes above them. The intended reader is someone who likes historical fiction. There is some foul language, mild sexuality, and some violence in this novel. The story is told from third person close of main character, Katya. There Be Spoilers Ahead.

From the back of the novel- Katya never wanted to look after Gretchen. Now she’s the young girl’s only hope of survival.
1937. Katya Komarovsky is studying medicine in Glasgow, living among friends and eager to begin her career as a doctor. But when her spendthrift parents announce that they’ve run out of money and are facing ruin―and that she’ll now have to support them by working as a governess in Vienna―the life she’s dreamed of goes up in smoke.
Furiously resentful, Katya rages at her wealthy employer, Thor, for stealing her future―and saddling her with twelve-year-old Gretchen, a deeply troubled child who has only a blazing musical talent to redeem her. Yet as Katya grudgingly digs into her reserves of compassion, she finds herself losing her heart to both father and daughter.
Storm clouds are gathering, though, and when Hitler annexes Austria, patriot Thor is arrested, leaving Katya wholly responsible for saving ‘imperfect’ Gretchen from being forced into a Nazi medical research laboratory. With the terrifying uncertainty of the new world order, can Katya and Gretchen flee to safety? And dare they dream of ever seeing Thor again?

Review- A very engaging historical fiction. Katya is almost done with medical school when her parents need her to quit and work to save them from bankruptcy. She goes and starts the adventure of her lifetime. She finds love in both father and daughter. This is a love story but not between Katya and Thor but between Katya and Gretchen. They find a deep mother-daughter love that saves them both from despair. I enjoyed this novel, it was very well written, the descriptions of the characters and the setting so well. The sexuality is brief and not descriptive but the violence from the Nazi's were at times stomach turning. That is where the foul language and violence are in the novel. If you like historical fiction, then you should give this novel a try. 

I give this novel a Four out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I borrowed this novel from my local library.