"... Once I started reading [The Responsible Daughter] I couldn't stop. It's a great story and I had to find out what happened next." - G. Macdonald.
"I like your style of writing ... I am thoroughly enjoying the story!" - J.H. Sam Weller, author of Grandma Writes Home.
Forty minutes by foot, Bekka was calculating. Fifteen on my bicycle, three in Papa's car. The distance to the border. The time before the German army might arrive. It is April, 1940. Bekka Mensel, a Jewish university student, is expected to accompany her young brother out of German-occupied Denmark to safety in the Faroe Islands, with the help of Peder, a childhood friend. Although Bekka has fond memories of Peder, she is reluctant to go, but is soon swept up by life-threatening events and has no choice.
After a harrowing escape with Ditte, a lifelong soulmate, the Faroes seem a safe refuge, but instead Bekka finds herself at the centre of a ruthless search for information of strategic importance to Britain and Germany alike.
Bekka's discovery of how her experiences at home and in the Faroes are linked is a compelling, fast-paced story of tested loyalty, danger, heartbreaking loss and bittersweet love.
