TY - BOOK AU - Givney,Rachel TI - Secrets my father kept SN - 9781761048364 (paperback) U1 - A823.4 23 PY - 2021/// CY - [Melbourne, Victoria] PB - Michael Joseph, an imprint of Penguin Books KW - Historical fiction KW - Australian fiction KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Poland KW - Kraków KW - Fiction KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Courage KW - fast KW - Family secrets KW - Fathers and daughters KW - Interpersonal relations KW - Secrecy KW - Women in war KW - Spies KW - Spy stories KW - Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) KW - Novel KW - English KW - Australia KW - 21st century KW - Texts KW - Kraków (Poland) KW - [GENRE] KW - Adult fiction KW - Print KW - War fiction KW - lcgft N1 - "You can never escape the decisions you make"--Cover N2 - It's February 1939. As the Führer edges towards an invasion of Poland, total war looms in Europe. However in Krakow, seventeen-year-old Marie Karska's primary concern is the unexplained disappearance of her mother fifteen years ago, and her father Dominik's unbreakable silence on the matter. Even his wife's name is a secret he guards closely. Dominik, a well-respected and innovative doctor at the local hospital, has devoted his life to caring for his only daughter. Yet a black fear haunts him - over the questionable act he committed to keep Marie safe. And with German troops now marching to the border, he needs to find her a husband. One who will protect her when he no longer can... But Marie has already met the man she wants to marry: her childhood friend Ben. She's determined that his Jewish faith won't stand in the way of their future together. And nor will her father's refusal to explain the past stop her from unpicking his darkest secret. . ER -