Exisle's Hourglass series feature the true stories of ordinary women who have lived extraordinary lives. They are as varied as the women who love reading them, from the passionate and heart-wrenching to the humorous and uplifting, and range widely across continents and lifestyles. But they have one thing in common: they are all superb stories offering great reading.
The Incredible Story of Louise Fox
This is a story of an ordinary girl from Germany who became caught up in the inner workings of the Nazi war machine. Louise Fox had grown up while the Nazis steadily took full control of the country and like so many of her age group Nazism was considered to be just normal.
Judy McNeil is only fourteen when her father dies in a railway accident. Penniless and with nowhere to live, her mother is forced to take Judy and her five siblings to seek a new life in Brisbane, where she quickly remarries and Judy’s life takes a dramatic turn for the worse.
