For fifty years, Anna Schlemmer has refused to talk about her life in Germany during World War II. Her daughter, Trudy, was only three when she and her mother were liberated by an American soldier and went to live with him in Minnesota. Trudy's sole evidence of the past is an old photograph: a family portrait showing Anna, Trudy, and a Nazi officer, the Obersturmfuhrer of Buchenwald. Driven by the guilt of her heritage, Trudy, now a professor of German history, begins investigating the past and finally unearths the dramatic and heartbreaking truth of her mother's life. Combining a...
For fifty years, Anna Schlemmer has refused to talk about her life in Germany during World War II. Her daughter, Trudy, was only three when she and he...
The author of the runaway New York Times bestseller Those Who Save Us returns with a powerful novel about twins who must confront a dark secret from their past. Jenna Blum's debut novel became a grassroots sensation and was a New York Times bestseller for more than a year. In this emotional and provocative new novel, Blum asks the question: How far would you go to protect a sibling-and at what cost to yourself? As a teenager, Karena Jorge has always taken care of her twin brother, Charles. Obsessed with severe weather, Charles, who suffers from bipolar...
The author of the runaway New York Times bestseller Those Who Save Us returns with a powerful novel about twins who must confront a ...
Ten bestselling authors inspired by New York City's iconic Grand Central Terminal have created their own stories, set on the same day, just after the end of World War II, in a time of hope, uncertainty, change, and renewal.... A war bride awaits the arrival of her GI husband at the platform...A Holocaust survivor works at the Oyster Bar, where a customer reminds him of his late mother...A Hollywood hopeful anticipates her first screen test and a chance at stardom in the Kissing Room... On any particular day, thousands upon thousands of people pass through Grand...
Ten bestselling authors inspired by New York City's iconic Grand Central Terminal have created their own stories, set on the same day, just after t...
Die Frau des Offiziers Fünfzig Jahre lang hat Trudys Mutter kein Wort über ihre Vergangenheit verloren. Doch es gibt ein verstörendes Souvenir, tief vergraben in der Wäscheschublade: ein Familienporträt, auf dem sie und ihre kleine Tochter gemeinsam mit einem Nazi-Offizier zu sehen sind, dem Obersturmführer von Buchenwald. Jenna Blums preisgekrönter Roman war ein Bestseller in zahlreichen Ländern. Ihre universelle Geschichte von Schuld, Liebe und Vergebung wird für die große Leinwand verfilmt.
Die Frau des Offiziers Fünfzig Jahre lang hat Trudys Mutter kein Wort über ihre Vergangenheit verloren. Doch es gibt ein verstörendes Souvenir,...
