Book Details
| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Book Name | Keeper of Lost Children |
| Author | Sadeqa Johnson |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster Audio |
| Release Date | February 10, 2026 |
| Audiobook Duration | 14 hours and 7 minutes |
Book Summary
From the New York Times bestselling author of The House of Eve comes a powerful novel about love, identity, and the lives forever changed by one woman’s quiet act of courage in post–World War II Germany.
In 1950s occupied Germany, Ethel Gathers—the poised and principled wife of an American army officer—stumbles upon a neglected orphanage filled with mixed-race children born to German women and Black American GIs. Cast aside by society, these children have been left without families or futures. Unable to look away, Ethel becomes determined to find them loving homes, setting in motion a mission that will ripple far beyond what she can imagine.
Years earlier, in 1948, Ozzie Phillips leaves Philadelphia to enlist in the newly desegregated U.S. Army, driven by ambition and hope for a better life. Stationed in Mannheim, he falls in love with a German woman named Jelka. Their relationship—tender, complicated, and fraught with risk—will leave an indelible mark on both their lives.
In 1965 Maryland, Sophia Clark is offered a rare chance to escape her emotionally distant parents by attending an elite, all-white boarding school. But what begins as an opportunity for reinvention soon unravels when Sophia uncovers a devastating secret—one that forces her to confront the truth about her past and embark on a journey to understand who she really is.
Woven across decades and continents, Keeper of Lost Children reveals how one woman’s vision connects three lives in unexpected ways. It is a moving exploration of love in all its forms—parental, forbidden, chosen, and self-discovered—and a testament to the power of compassion to transform not just individual lives, but generations to come.