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Three German women are haunted by the past and their secrets in the devastating aftermath of WWII. A mesmerising story of resistance, forgiveness and the complexity of the human heart. A resistance widow. A silent co-conspirator. The only one who survived. Bavaria, Germany. June, 1945. The Third Reich has crumbled. The Russians are coming. Can Marianne von Lingenfels and the women in her care survive and build their ravaged world anew?

This "richly appointed and generously portrayed" ( Kirkus Reviews) debut novel tells the story of a WASPy, old-Boston family coming face-to-face with an America much larger than the one it was born in. Caroline Dunlap has written off the insular world of the Boston deb parties, golf club luaus, and WASP weddings that she grew up with. But when she reluctantly returns home after her college graduation, she finds that not everything is quite as predictable, or protected, as she had imagined.

Tre kvinder, alle hjemsøgt af fortidens hemmeligheder. Umiddelbart efter Anden Verdenskrigs afslutning vender Marianne von Schneesingen tilbage til det forfaldne slot, hvor hun før krigen afholdt store fester for den tyske overklasse. Marianne er enke efter en modstandsmand, og hun har lovet at samle andre enker efter modstandsfolk på slottet. Men Marianne opdager snart, at verden har ændret sig i en grad, hun ikke troede mulig. "Kvinderne på slottet" er en fængslende og stemningsfyldt fortælling fra en af historiens mest turbulente perioder.