Otto Behrman
A young married woman is coerced into becoming the mistress of an SS General, and both she and the General find something that neither expected to find
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It is a fact of natural law that no single group of people can define who they are without its having an effect on the rest of us. Such an event happened in a place called Germany, and we are still smarting from the effects of the war that ensued.
It is hoped that the war might have been of sufficient magnitude to insure that such an event will never visit us again. On the oher hand, maybe our descendents will look upon World War Two, and see it only as a prelude to the main event. Maybe? Maybe not? There is always hope!
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In May of 1939, momentous and catastrophic events were quite distant from the forefront of Lisa Mueller's mind. She was twenty, very beautiful, married to Karl Mueller, and had a two year old daughter by the name of Heidi Marie. She should have been happy, but she was not. Instead, she was depressed. Karl had not been her choice. In fact, she had absolutely no say in the matter what-so-ever. She had become a good (which means obedient) Bavarian daughter and did what her papa told her to do.
There were other reasons for her depression, but the emerging police state bent upon world domination will seemingly take a back seat to the more human side of the Deutchen Volk (German people), and yet the story would not be complete without at least considering why the police state became a police state in the first place..
Without resorting to crass moralization, Lisa did what she did out of the primal need to survive and protect those who she loved.
What the Herr General Gerhardt von Leitner ends up doing, might surprise everyone.
To find out how it ends, I invite you to buy it.
345 pages, perfect bound, ISBN 1-932301-73-9 US $14.95 (shipping included)
Thank you.
Otto Behrman
Email: ottobehrman@comcast.net
author of Karen Kimball & the Dream Weavers Web
and The Aura Advantage
Captivating Tale of Love, Lust & Intrigue
ONLY ONE TEAR MAY FALL provides a fascinating look into the lives of good men and women in the 1940s who found themselves in the unenviable situation of being citizens of a country led by a mad-man (Adolph Hitler). This riveting account of daily life in Nazi Germany is as surprising as it is engaging, and held me firmly in its spell until I reached the very last page.
I watched the main characters of ONLY ONE TEAR MAY FALL in awe, shock, and admiration as they found various ways to cope with the horrific situation all around them. When growing up in Hitler's Nazi Germany, men destined to become military generals and SS officers were raised to know that in their lifetime, only one tear may fall. This harsh expectation had a way of hardening some men, while others managed to find ways to be compassionate in spite of seemingly overwhelming circumstances.
While wartime atrocities are only hinted at in ONLY ONE TEAR MAY FALL, its main focus is how it was possible for men and women to maintain a sense of home and family at a time when most German families were being torn apart. At a time when life could end any minute, living in the moment became a way of life. While some men and women chose to live those precious minutes with wild abandon, others found deeper meaning... and even true love.
ONLY ONE TEAR MAY FALL is a story that stays with you long after you read it, because of its haunting imagery, suspenseful plot, captivating characters, and timeless relevance. Like a favorite meal that I haven't enjoyed for a long time, I found myself wanting to savor it all over again as soon as I finished it!