The Lost Wife
by Alyson Richman | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 042524413X Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 042524413X Global Overview for this book
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There on her forearm, next to a small brown birthmark, were six tattooed numbers. 'Do you remember me now?' he asked, trembling. She looked at him again, as if giving weight and bone to a ghost. 'Lenka, it's me,' he said. 'Josef. Your husband.' During the last moments of calm in prewar Prague, Lenka, a young art student, falls in love with Josef. They marry - but soon, like so many others, they are torn apart by the currents of war. In America Josef becomes a successful obstetrician and raises a family, though he never forgets the wife he thinks died in the camps. But in the Nazi ghetto of Terez??n - and later in Auschwitz - Lenka has survived, relying on her skills as an artist and the memories of a husband she believes she will never see again. Now, decades later, an unexpected encounter in New York brings Lenka and Josef back together. From the comfort of life in Prague before the occupation to the horrors of Nazi Europe, The Lost Wife explores the endurance of first love, the resilience of the human spirit and our capacity to remember.
Bought on eBay and sent by the seller to a person on my Grand RABCK magie de fin d'année 2022.
I hope you will enjoy the book!
I hope you will enjoy the book!
Journal Entry 3 by Florence71 at Fontenay-sous-Bois, Ile-de-France France on Monday, January 17, 2022
Thanks for the book Blue_Fairy : it was on my wishlist since the early start whan I've begin bookcrossing !