Big Girls Do Cry

War-torn Germany, 1939. Ten-year-old Lotte Hartmann is living under curfew, hunger and fear controlling her life as Nazi Germany tightens its grip. With her best friend Stefan, together they learn how to stay alive… until seventeen-year-old Stefan is conscripted into the Wehrmacht, leaving Lotte alone and vulnerable in a world that shows no mercy.When the war ends, Lotte is determined to escape the memories that haunt her. Her search for love and safety takes her to England and the promise of a new beginning. But fate has other plans. Tradegy strikes and Lotte is left stranded in an alien culture, grief-stricken and devastated by loss… the victim of a dangerous narcissist whose dark obsession threatens to destroy her.Big Girls Do Cry is a powerful World War II historical novel about survival, resilience, and the long shadow of trauma. It is a deeply emotional story of love and loss, courage and faith, and one woman’s fight to reclaim her life after unimaginable suffering.