City of Secrets - Audio CD - Unabridged Author:Stewart O'Nan, Edoardo Ballerini (Narrator) In 1945, tens of thousands of Jewish refugees settle in Palestine but are hunted as illegals by the British authorities. They rely on the underground Independent Israel movement to take them in. Brand is a lone survivor trying to regain himself after losing everyone he loved. As a taxi driver with a new identity-- he learns to navigate Jerusalem... more » as well as the overlapping and often deadly loyalties of the resistance. He falls in love with fellow survivor Eva, reclaims his faith, and commits himself to the revolution, accepting dangerous secret missions from their leader, Asher. By the time Brand understands the truth, it's too late, and the tragedy that ensues changes history.
Read by Edoardo Ballerini. 5 audio discs (5 hr.) « less