I stayed up until 3:30 this morning finishing this book--it just won't let the reader go, and when it does let go, the reader isn't ready for it. There is so much more to come with this story of Josef and Beth. All God's Children is one of those books that grab you from the very first page and keeps you involved all the way through the end.
Beth Bridgewater has been living in Munich for the last eight years with her uncle Franz and aunt Ilse helping them with their daughter Liesl. Hitler has come to power, and the United States is at war with Germany. Because Beth is from the United States, she's treated with suspicion. It doesn't matter that her mother was born in Germany, it doesn't matter that Beth is a Quaker and doesn't believe in war at all, has no allegiance to any political entity, she is still considered an outsider.
Franz is a professor at the university and brings home Josef, one of his students. Josef is a medic in the German army but has been given permission to come back to the university and finish his medical training to become a doctor.
Some of the issues in the book are the fact that Beth no longer has her Visa for living in Germany, Josef does some work in the underground even though his father is part of the SS, and Beth and Josef are attracted to each other.
Anna Schmidt has definitely written a winner with All God's Children. Five Stars, Two Thumbs Up, and a traveling Visa.
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