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Title: Mrs. Tuesday's Departure

Author: Suzanne Anderson

Narrator: Rebecca Van Volkinburg

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-31-12

Publisher: Suzanne E Anderson

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for....

Hungary's fragile alliance with Germany kept Natalie, a renowned children's book author, and her family out of harm's way for most of the war. As the Führer's desperation grows during the waning years of the conflict, so does its threat. Natalie's younger sister, Ilona, married a Jewish man, putting both her and her young daughter, Mila, in peril; Natalie's twin sister, Anna, is losing her already tenuous hold on reality. As the streets of Budapest thrum with the pounding boots of Nazi soldiers, danger creeps to the doorstep where Natalie shields them all.

Ilona and her husband take the last two tickets to safety for themselves, abandoning Natalie to protect Anna and Mila from the encroaching danger. Anna's paranoid explosion at a university where she was once a professor, sparked by delusions over an imagined love triangle, threatens their only other chance for escape. Ultimately, Natalie is presented with a choice no one should ever have to make: Which of her family will she save?

An inspirational story of faith and family, strength and weakness, and the ultimate triumph of love over hate. Mrs. Tuesday's Departure demonstrates the power of faith to light even the most harrowing darkness....

Faith is the evidence of things not seen.

Members Reviews:

Emotionally tangled

Maybe I am not as critical or as discerning a reader as the others who have written in response to Mrs. Tuesday's Departure. I had no trouble understanding what was happening in the story. I did not stumble over poor grammar or punctuation. I did not have trouble telling the main characters apart and did not find that there were characters for whom there was no explanation for their inclusion. There may have been errors, but they didn't affect my comprehension. I think it is a very emotional story. I am amazed that Natalie could be so compassionate toward her sister Anna. I find myself struggling over the mild antisemitism, wondering if it is supposed to be illustrative of the times, or if it is related to the idea of it being a Christian story. I found the story interesting because it has that quality of being like reality - there is much that cannot be explained or understood unless you can get in the minds of the other characters. The ending made sense; it was not a happy ending, but it made sense. I think overall I would recommend it to anyone who can actually set aside the need to criticize and consider what they are reading to be a thought experiment about how a family could deal with the terrible events of that time period.

War changes everything

I enjoyed reading this book. The story kept me engaged. The setting is Hungary under German occupation during World War II. I love historical fiction and was ready to be informed as well as entertained. I liked the characters, and thought the rivalry between the twin sisters Anna and Natalie added interest. I liked the way the author showed how war and fear impact the moral standards of individuals trying to survive under the pressures of oppression and persecution. I just wish she had done a better job of showing us and transporting us to Hungary during the war.

I thought the author used her conversations with her dead husband well, lending insight into their relationship and allowing the reader to draw a comparison between Max and Deszo, their mutual friend who is in love with Natalie.