Ann Bennett

Ann Bennett writes historical fiction inspired by wartime experience, displacement, and family memory. The Forgotten Children moves between Berlin in 1938 and postwar France, tracing twins Ruth and Naomi after persecution by Germany's National Socialist government separates them from their parents. Their escape does not resolve the central loss. Years later, questions about their mother and the children of Montmorency draw the sisters back toward secrets created by war. Bookouture published the ebook, audiobook, and paperback editions on May 18, 2023. Bennett describes the novel as part of her Bookouture list, distinct from the historical novels she publishes through her own Andaman Press. Her broader interest in the period began with research into her father's imprisonment on the Thai-Burma railway, which inspired her first published novel. In The Forgotten Children, she keeps the emphasis on endurance and identity, showing how records, memories, and sisterhood can preserve connections that political violence tried to erase.