She stepped in front of a loaded pistol. He never forgot her face.
Ninety-eight-year-old Johann Eder has one last ritual: every month, on their wedding anniversary, he makes the journey to his wife's grave. Today, notebook in hand, he will remember everything.
Austria, 1942. A young soldier watches a woman walk calmly toward a Nazi officer with a gun, deflect a potential execution with nothing more than steady nerve, and disappear back into the chaos of war. Her name is Marie, and Johann Eder spends the rest of the war trying to find his way back to her.
Their love story unfolds across stolen meetings, wartime letters that cross bombarded Europe, and years of separation that leave scars both visible and hidden. The Eastern Front takes Johann's best friend, his brother, and—he believes—his right to happiness. Shattered, he writes Marie a letter releasing her. She refuses to accept it.
Spanning more than eight decades of Austrian history—from the rise of National Socialism to the ruins of postwar Klagenfurt to the quiet of a cemetery in 2021—See You Again is a novel about what it means to hold on. About faith tested to its limits, grief that doesn't announce itself, and a love strong enough to outlast a war, a century, and death itself.
Based on the true story of the author's grandparents.
Perfect for readers of The Nightingale, All the Light We Cannot See, and The Tattooist of Auschwitz.
See You Again will stay with you long after the last page.
