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03213aam a2200421 i 4500 001 C11EE0E2AAD011EE853AF3262BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240104011316 008 230821t20232023miu ed 000 1 eng 010 $a 2023036014 020 $a 9798885795661 (large print : hardcover) 035 $a (OCoLC)1395900184 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d IOU $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d JCX $d OCLCO $d IL2 $d TH8 $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 10 $a PS3601.L39693 $b C68 2023 082 00 $a 813/.6 $2 23/eng/20230828 084 $a FIC018000 $a FIC018000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Alkemade, Kim van, $e author. 245 10 $a Counting lost stars / $c Kim van Alkemade. 250 $a Large print edition. 260 $a Farmington Hills : $b Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, $c 2023. 300 $a 653 pages (large print) ; $c 22 cm 520 $a "New York Times bestselling author of Orphan #8, Kim van Alkemade returns with a gripping and poignant historical saga in which an unmarried college student who's given up her baby for adoption helps a Dutch Holocaust survivor search for his lost mother. 1960, New York City: College student Rita Klein is a pioneering woman in the new field of computer programming--until she unexpectedly becomes pregnant. At the Hudson Home for Unwed Mothers, social workers pressure her into surrendering her baby for adoption. Rita is struggling to get on with her life when she meets Jacob Nassy, a charming yet troubled man from the Netherlands who is traumatized by his childhood experience of being separated from his mother during the Holocaust. When Rita learns that Hitler's Final Solution was organized using Hollerith punch-card computers, she sets out to find the answers that will help Jacob heal. 1941, The Hague: Cornelia Vogel is working as a punch-card operator at the Ministry of Information when a census of Holland's population is ordered by the Germans. After the Ministry acquires a Hollerith computer made in America, Cornelia is tasked with translating its instructions from English into Dutch. She seeks help from her fascinating Jewish neighbor, Leah Blom, an unconventional young woman whose mother was born in New York. When Cornelia learns the census is being used to persecute Holland's Jews, she risks everything to help Leah escape. After Rita uncovers a connection between Cornelia Vogel and Jacob's mother, long-buried secrets come to light. Will shocking revelations tear them apart, or will learning the truth about the past enable Rita and Jacob to face the future together"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Women college students $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Unplanned pregnancy $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Holocaust survivors $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Dutch $z United States $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Mothers and sons $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Jews $z Netherlands $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Family secrets $v Fiction. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $z Netherlands $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Large type books. 655 7 $a Queer fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Large print books. $2 lcgft 941 $a 1 945 $a lpt 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20240104012211.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C11EE0E2AAD011EE853AF3262BECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search