Translated from the Spanish. Translation of: La hija olvidada. Originally published: Spain : Atria Estanol, 2019. Includes a Reader's Guide and questions for discussion. APR21.
Summary:
A box of letters. A family separated by war. A mother's impossible choice... Berlin, 1939. When the Nazis descend on Berlin, Amanda Sternberg's beloved family bookshop is burned down and her husband, Julius, is sent to a concentration camp. Desperate to save her children, Amanda flees toward the south of France. A refugee ship headed for Cuba offers an escape route, but forces Amanda into an impossible choice that will haunt her for the rest of her life. New York, 2015. Eighty-year-old Elise Duval receives a call from a woman bearing letters from a time and country that she vowed to forget. A French Catholic who relocated to New York after World War II, Elise is shocked to discover that the letters were from her mother, written in German during the war. The discovery unlocks a floodgate of memories, a lifetime of loss ungrieved, and a chance - at last - for closure.
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