The Wolf Ticket

Caro Clarke's The Wolf Ticket is a story of Europe at the end of WWII. Pascale Tailland is an American translator in the US Women's Army Corps. She and her unit are leaving Germany for France when she see a refugee on the train station platform. She has seen many refugees during the war, but this one catches her eye for some reason. Pascale pulls the refugee on board just as the train leaves the station.

Did Pascale know the young man was really a woman in disguise?

Though they spend only one night on the train talking to each other, they have an instant connection. Pascale tries to help, but gets the refugee locked up for stowing away on the train. They will spent the rest of the war trying to find each other again, with the help of a few friends along the way. In this time of complete turmoil and chaos in Europe, with they be able to find each other again before it is too latte?

The Wolf Ticket is a well written account of one (fictional) Polish woman who found a way to survive the war and its aftermath. It is well a researched and moving tale.

Clarke, Caro. (1998). The Wolf Ticket. Ithaca, NY: Firebrand Books.