The World That We Knew Alice Hoffman
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About Book:
- Published Date: 01/09/2020
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- ISBN: 9781501137587 Format B (Medium Format). Very Good. Stamped
Summary:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL On the brink of World War II, with the Nazis tightening their grip on Berlin, a mother���s act of courage and love offers her daughter a chance of survival. ���[A] hymn to the power of resistance, perseverance, and enduring love in dark times���gravely beautiful���Hoffman the storyteller continues to dazzle.��� ���THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW At the time when the world changed, Hanni Kohn knows she must send her twelve-year-old daughter away to save her from the Nazi regime. Her desperation leads her to Ettie, the daughter of a rabbi whose years spent eavesdropping on her father enables her to create a mystical Jewish creature, a rare and unusual golem, who is sworn to protect Hanni���s daughterd Lea and Ettie become eternally entwined, their paths fated to cross, their fortunes linked. What does it mean to lose your mother? How much can one person sacrifice for love? In a world where evil can be found at every turn, we meet remarkable characters that take us on a stunning journey of loss and resistance, the fantastical and the mortal, in a place where all roads lead past the Angel of Death and love is never-ending.
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