What if you could hear a Beethoven masterpiece performed by none other than the legendary composer himself? Just what did he mean when he wrote one piece expressly for a mysterious person named Elise? The answer may just make you look at the artist in an entirely new light.
"Time With Elise: A piano student's time travel into the life of Beethoven" is the wildly imaginative, heartfelt novel by Christina Schilling that recreates the days of the venerated composer through the vantage of a modern-day piano student. Annalisa Helfing, who is known as Elise, has a sudden accident, and soon...
What if you could hear a Beethoven masterpiece performed by none other than the legendary composer himself? Just what did he mean when he wrote one...
Shortly before World War II young Michael Laumann helps his friend Simon and family to escape from Nazi Germany as stowaways. Simon's mother is Jewish, and the threat against the Jews sees them leave shortly before the borders are closed. Michael and his parents survive the terrors of war, famine and deprivation. At the end of the war Michael's mother is raped by a French soldier, which results in the birth of Michael's half-sister Martine. Simon, who has gone to Canada, reconnects with Michael after the war, and he supports Michael in his decision to leave Germany. The book describes...
Shortly before World War II young Michael Laumann helps his friend Simon and family to escape from Nazi Germany as stowaways. Simon's mother is Jewish...
Schilling continues her tale of two families mourning loss and celebrating love in this sequel ... Martin Laumann died shortly after his daughter Martine married Simon Hoffer ... Martin's widow, Louise, must now navigate a drastically changed landscape ... torn between her German roots and a deep love for her surviving family. Louise divides her time between two worlds, caring for her grandchildren, learning English in Toronto and exploring her sudden independence in Germany. Single and working outside the home for the first time, she's absorbing new ideas from the free-spirited artist Ruth....
Schilling continues her tale of two families mourning loss and celebrating love in this sequel ... Martin Laumann died shortly after his daughter Mart...
