The Pilot's Wife

By: Cynthia Anderson

Narrated by: Laurence Bouvard

1944. As darkness descends over Europe, nineteen-year-old Hedy chooses hope in the face of the evil that grips the continent and stalks the streets of her quiet Swiss hometown.

One night in the forest, with only the light of the moon to guide her, Hedy finds a wounded American airman. Second Lieutenant Samuel Reardon was dropping supplies to the French resistance when his plane crashed. Despite the grave danger it will bring her whole family to harbour an Allied soldier, Hedy can't leave Samuel injured and alone, so she hides him in her father's mountain hut.

Risking everything, Hedy cares for Samuel in secret. And, as burgeoning feelings grow between them, their dangerous resistance work leaves them facing a decision that could tear them apart forever. . .

2018, America. Nineteen-year-old Gina looks at her grandmother's wrinkled hands. They tell the story of Hedy's whole life. Since Gina's mother died, Mamie Hedy is all she has - and Gina can't help wonder how much time they have left together. But then her grandmother reveals a shocking secret that takes them all the way back to her childhood home in the Swiss mountains . . .©2025 Cynthia Anderson (P)2025 Bonnier Books UK

The courage of Hede and her Dad and Mom

I didn’t catch what happened to Samuel. It was a little confusing changing from 1948 & 2018

Inspiring!

What a beautiful and inspiring story! Gina absolutely stole my heart. It touched me how she kept her mother close to her heart and ultimately in her thoughts. I also admired Hedy’s strength and resilience. She chose to make a difference and nothing would break her determination. And when she loved, she loved for always. I’m thrilled that I read this special book and I highly recommend it to all historical fiction lovers!

The Pilots Wife

It was a wonderful story of something that happened during WWII that we don’t hear about in Switzerland. We thought it was a safe place during that time - but it was not. Very good love story and one showing human determination!