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  • Our Darkest Night

  • A Novel of Italy and the Second World War
  • Written by: Jennifer Robson
  • Narrated by: Marisa Calin
  • Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (102 ratings)

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Our Darkest Night

Written by: Jennifer Robson
Narrated by: Marisa Calin
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Publisher's Summary

To survive the Holocaust, a young Jewish woman must pose as a Christian farmer’s wife in this unforgettable novel from USA Today best-selling author Jennifer Robson - a story of terror, hope, love, and sacrifice, inspired by true events, that vividly evokes the most perilous days of World War II.

It is the autumn of 1943, and life is becoming increasingly perilous for Italian Jews like the Mazin family. With Nazi Germany now occupying most of her beloved homeland, and the threat of imprisonment and deportation growing ever more certain, Antonina Mazin has but one hope to survive - to leave Venice and her beloved parents and hide in the countryside with a man she has only just met.

Nico Gerardi was studying for the priesthood until circumstances forced him to leave the seminary to run his family’s farm. A moral and just man, he could not stand by when the fascists and Nazis began taking innocent lives. Rather than risk a perilous escape across the mountains, Nina will pose as his new bride. And to keep her safe and protect secrets of his own, Nico and Nina must convince prying eyes they are happily married and in love.

But farm life is not easy for a cultured city girl who dreams of becoming a doctor like her father, and Nico’s provincial neighbors are wary of this soft and educated woman they do not know. Even worse, their distrust is shared by a local Nazi official with a vendetta against Nico. The more he learns of Nina, the more his suspicions grow - and with them his determination to exact revenge. 

As Nina and Nico come to know each other, their feelings deepen, transforming their relationship into much more than a charade. Yet both fear that every passing day brings them closer to being torn apart....

©2021 Jennifer Robson (P)2021 HarperCollins Publishers

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Predictable!!!

Had to force myself to finish this book! Narrator is truly awful. Don’t waste your time.

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Historical fiction.

I was tempted so many times to just give up. The narrator's performance was awful, overacting, the exaggerated accent.. not a bad voice, but wish she had just read the text instead.

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Couldn’t finish

I’m sure the story was ok but I couldn’t get past the irritating narration. Too bad. This is typically my favourite genre.

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Good story

The person reading the book drove me crazy. The story was good but sometimes I was tempted to shut it off because I couldn’t take the overacting.

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good story, but narrator's voice annoying

liked the story but the narrator's voice was grating and found she over acted and could have toned it down a bit. I almost didn't get past chapter 1 she was so awful.

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Great story, super annoying narrator

I regret not reading the paper copy. The story was great, but I was so distracted by the horrible narration. It was so over the top. A real shame.

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Loved the story

Loved the story, but was not fond of the narrator. An expected “hazard” with audiobooks unfortunately. Briefly considered reading it instead but had a long drive ahead of me so audio it was.
The story is captivating and touching. It’s not a chipper book, but not a downer either. Well worth the time and money spent on it, as is every Jennifer Robson book.

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Jennifer Robson produces another masterpiece

I absolutely love how she shares such a difficult subject with dignity and humanity. And even with losses, she finishes her books in a way that helps ease some of the emotional burden.

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Loved the story! Narrator did not bother me!

I love Historical Fiction and have not read one in awhile, this one did not disappoint.
While I like to read HF based on true events, this was still a good book.
I read that this is loosely inspired on the authors husband's family, and one of the characters being inspired by a priest in Italy who had helped hide Jewish Italians from the nazi's.

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Amazing

Heartbreaking and beautiful book, it really roped me in. Performance was amazing, both the author and the narrator did a really great job.

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