Where the Night Never
Ends: A Prohibition Era Novel
by Annette
Oppenlander
Published: March 15,
2019
Publisher: Annette
Oppenlander
Genre: Historical
Fiction
Blurb:
A chance encounter between a penniless young woman in search
of her missing brother and a hobo burdened with a big secret takes both on a
journey to Chicago's glamorous yet crime-ridden 1920s where prostitution,
bootlegging and corruption rule. Separated by fate and brought back together by
chance, WHERE THE NIGHT NEVER ENDS is an unforgettable tale of courage and
perseverance, a tribute to the triumph of hope and love against all odds.
When feisty and headstrong Sam loses her mother in a freak accident, she decides to search for her brother, Angelo, who didn't return from a business trip to Chicago seven months earlier. It is the year 1924, the height of prohibition, and the city of Cincinnati is in the midst of a deep recession. Narrowly escaping a band of thugs, Sam meets Paul, a mysterious hobo with a big secret. Together they make their way to Chicago where Al Capone is building an empire.
Just when it seems their friendship is blossoming into something more, a raid tears Sam and Paul apart. Sam is sold into a brothel while Paul is arrested. Trapped without money and desperate, Sam plots on how to escape her new profession and the inevitable that comes with it. She realizes she is on her own. Not only to free herself and search for her brother among Chicago's three million residents, but also to do the impossible--find Paul.
During his hearing, Paul learns that his father, a wealthy Chicago inventor, is on his deathbed. The judge, an old family friend, gives Paul an ultimatum. See your father or go to jail. Reluctantly, Paul returns home where he finds that his decision to run away seven years earlier was based on a terrible mistake.
Written from the perspectives of Sam and Paul, with rich historical detail, complex characters and stunning prose, award-winning author Annette Oppenlander once again delivers a touching novel that lets us imagine what it was like to live and love during the roaring 1920s.
When feisty and headstrong Sam loses her mother in a freak accident, she decides to search for her brother, Angelo, who didn't return from a business trip to Chicago seven months earlier. It is the year 1924, the height of prohibition, and the city of Cincinnati is in the midst of a deep recession. Narrowly escaping a band of thugs, Sam meets Paul, a mysterious hobo with a big secret. Together they make their way to Chicago where Al Capone is building an empire.
Just when it seems their friendship is blossoming into something more, a raid tears Sam and Paul apart. Sam is sold into a brothel while Paul is arrested. Trapped without money and desperate, Sam plots on how to escape her new profession and the inevitable that comes with it. She realizes she is on her own. Not only to free herself and search for her brother among Chicago's three million residents, but also to do the impossible--find Paul.
During his hearing, Paul learns that his father, a wealthy Chicago inventor, is on his deathbed. The judge, an old family friend, gives Paul an ultimatum. See your father or go to jail. Reluctantly, Paul returns home where he finds that his decision to run away seven years earlier was based on a terrible mistake.
Written from the perspectives of Sam and Paul, with rich historical detail, complex characters and stunning prose, award-winning author Annette Oppenlander once again delivers a touching novel that lets us imagine what it was like to live and love during the roaring 1920s.
My Review:
Its 1924 and after losing her mother in a freak accident Sam
has no one to turn to and no home. Sam is left homeless and no money and
nothing to her name but her father’s gun.
Sam has a brother Angelo but he went on a business trip
several months ago and has not returned. Sam thinks something has happened to
Angelo otherwise he would have come home. With nowhere to go or a home to
return to Sam decides to go to Chicago to look for her brother.
On her journey she meets a young man Paul, a hobo. Sam tells
Paul her plan to look for her brother, Paul decides to go
with Sam to Chicago as it is dangerous for a young woman to travel alone. Yeah
I think Paul is starting to have feelings for Sam and wants to keep her safe or
maybe he just doesn’t want to lose contact with her.
Before long Sam and Paul are caught in raid and arrested.
Sam is sold to brothel. Sam once again finds herself trapped and alone. Sam has
no plans of being a prostitute and makes plans for her escape. Once she figures
out how to escape she will look for Angelo and Paul.
It’s not going to be easy to find two guys in a town as big
as Chicago. Obstacle after obstacle pops up and gets in her way of looking for
her men folk. Wherever Sam goes trouble finds her. The harder she tries to move
forward the more it seems as if some force is knocking her back one step at a
time. But the harder she is pushed the harder she pushes back.
Sam is a very strong person and no matter how hard life
keeps trying to bring her down she will always get back up and keep on trucking.
She has a very big heart and everything she does is for someone else and not
herself.
Where the Night Ends is a warm heart felt story that will
pull you deep into its world and leave you with all sorts of feelings. Sam’s
story had me crying, feeling sad and sometimes it had me feeling so mad I just
wanted to reach inside the book and give a few people a shake or two or maybe
even a punch in the face. But I will have to say by the end I was doing a happy
dance in my head. Some people just get the short end of the stick just because
of their status in life but deserve so much more and are probably richer than
the richest person in the world.
Where the Night Ends is not the first book by Annette that I
have read and hopefully it won’t be the last. Annette is one of those authors
where you don’t have to read the summary to know it will be good or that you
want to read it. Annette’s stories are like a bottle of wine they just get
better with time.
If you like historical novels with a lot of action and
adventure set in the roaring twenties then you will love Where the Night Ends. I
highly recommend Where the Night Ends and any of Annette’s other novels from
Escaping From the Past Series to Surviving the Fatherland to Everything We
Lose.
Author Bio:
Annette
Oppenlander writes historical fiction for young adults and anyone who loves
stories set in the past. When she isn’t in front of her computer, she loves
indulging her dog, Mocha, and traveling around the U.S. and Europe to discover
amazing histories.
"Nearly every place holds some kind of secret, something that makes history come alive. When we scrutinize people and places closely, history is no longer a number, it turns into a story."
"Nearly every place holds some kind of secret, something that makes history come alive. When we scrutinize people and places closely, history is no longer a number, it turns into a story."
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