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Pennies for Hitler
- Narrated by: Humphrey Bower
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
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Summary
It's 1939, and for Georg, son of an English academic living in Germany, life is full of cream cakes and loving parents. It is also a time when his teacher measures the pupils' heads to see which of them have the most 'Aryan'- shaped heads.
But when a university graduation ceremony turns into a pro-Nazi demonstration, Georg is smuggled out of Germany to war-torn London and then across enemy seas to Australia where he must forget his past and who he is in order to survive.
Hatred is contagious, but Georg finds that kindness can be, too. The companion piece to Hitler's Daughter, Pennies for Hitler examines the life of a child during World War II, from a different perspective.
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- K Cornwinkle
- 02-07-14
This could be a Bryce Courtenay novel
particularly with the excellent Humphrey Bower narrating. Though, unlike Courtenay, there aren't any big plot twists; it reads like someone's autobiography. Just before starting it, I met someone who had been sent away to boarding school at age 5 and I was obsessing with how this must have felt (and I remembered reading in Ted Turner's autobiography that he went away at4(?). Pennies gives a believable glimpse of a world far away from parents as seen by a child.
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- Ben
- 07-09-14
LONG WINDED IN PLACES
Would you try another book from Jackie French and/or Humphrey Bower?
Humphrey Bower? - Absolutely!!
Jackie French? - possibly not
What could Jackie French have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?
Cut out the long winded explanations.
What about Humphrey Bower’s performance did you like?
No question about the best narrator on the planet. He doesn't get paid enough.
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- Mary
- 10-08-21
great story
even the epilogue is interesting. I even cried during parts of the story. A very good read.
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- Suzanne
- 23-06-19
beyond 5 stars
I despair I will ever find another book this good. Fantastic narrator. Fabulous story. Who can want for more?
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- Cassidy29
- 13-11-18
Scratched my Bryce Courtenay itch
As a long time fan of the Courtenay/Bower combination, and having run out of any more of them to read, I’m so glad I found this book. The story is beautiful. And Humphrey Bower could read me a phone book and I’d be in heaven.