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03260aam a2200445 i 4500 001 46F38D42CAD811ECB187E7395AECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220503065729 008 210831t20212020nyu 000 1 eng d 020 $a 1250805376 020 $a 9781250805379 (softcover) 035 $a (OCoLC)1266211173 040 $a AJP $b eng $e rda $c AJP $d INO $d YDX $d BDX $d UKMGB $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d SILO 043 $a n-us-il $a e-pl--- $a n-us-il 082 04 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Balson, Ronald H., $e author. 245 10 $a Eli's promise / $c Ronald H. Balson. 250 $a First St. Martin's Griffin edition. 260 $a New York : $b St. Martin's Griffin, $c 2021. 300 $a 356 pages ; $c 21 cm 500 $a Includes reading group guide. 520 $a "A "fixer" in a Polish town during World War II, his betrayal of a Jewish family, and a search for justice 25 years later--by the winner of the National Jewish Book Award. Eli's Promise is a masterful work of historical fiction spanning three eras--Nazi-occupied Poland, the American Zone of post-war Germany, and Chicago at the height of the Vietnam War. Award-winning author Ronald H. Balson explores the human cost of war, the mixed blessings of survival, and the enduring strength of family bonds. 1939: Eli Rosen lives with his wife Esther and their young son in the Polish town of Lublin, where his family owns a construction company. As a consequence of the Nazi occupation, Eli's company is Aryanized, appropriated and transferred to Maximilian Poleski--an unprincipled profiteer who peddles favors to Lublin's subjugated residents. An uneasy alliance is formed; Poleski will keep the Rosen family safe if Eli will manage the business. Will Poleski honor his promise or will their relationship end in betrayal and tragedy? 1946: Eli resides with his son in a displaced persons camp in Allied-occupied Germany hoping for a visa to America. His wife has been missing since the war. One man is sneaking around the camps selling illegal visas; might he know what has happened to her? 1965: Eli rents a room in Albany Park, Chicago. He is on a mission. With patience, cunning, and relentless focus, he navigates unfamiliar streets and dangerous political backrooms, searching for the truth. Powerful and emotional, Ronald H. Balson's Eli's Promise is a rich, rewarding novel of World War II and a husband's quest for justice."-- $c Amazon 650 0 $a Holocaust survivors $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Husband and wife $v Fiction. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Jews $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Jewish refugees $z Germany $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Jews $z Poland $v Fiction. 650 7 $a Holocaust survivors $v Fiction. $2 sears 650 7 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Fiction. $2 sears 651 0 $a Poland $x History $y Occupation, 1939-1945 $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Germany $x History $y 1945- $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Chicago (Ill.) $x History $y 19th century $v Fiction. 651 7 $a Poland $x History $v Fiction. $2 sears 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 gsafd 655 7 $a Jewish fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 lcgft 941 $a 2 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20240302012027.0 952 $l S1PD771 $d 20230802013241.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=46F38D42CAD811ECB187E7395AECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search