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The Boy with the Star Tattoo
From acclaimed author of The Third Daughter comes an epic historical novel of ingenuity and courage, of love and loss, spanning postwar France when Israeli agents roamed the countryside to rescue hidden Jewish orphans—to the 1969 daring escape of the Israeli boats of Cherbourg.
1942: As the Vichy government hunts for Jews across France, Claudette Pelletier, a young and talented seamstress and lover of romance novels, falls in love with a Jewish man who seeks shelter at the château where she works. Their whirlwind and desperate romance before he must flee leaves her pregnant and terrified.
When the Nazis invade the Free Zone shortly after the birth of her child, the disabled Claudette is forced to make a heartbreaking choice and escapes to Spain, leaving her baby in the care of his nursemaid. By the time Claudette is able to return years later, her son has disappeared. Unbeknown to his anguished mother, the boy has been rescued by a Youth Aliyah agent searching for Jewish orphans.
1968: When Israeli naval officer Daniel Yarden recruits Sharon Bloomenthal for a secret naval operation in Cherbourg, France, he can’t imagine that he is the target of the agenda of the twenty-year-old grieving the recent loss of her fiancé in a drowned submarine. Sharon suspects that Danny's past in Youth Aliyah may reflect that of her mysterious late mother and she sets out to track her boss’s extraordinary journey as an orphan in a quaint French village all the way to Israel.
As Danny focuses on the future of his people and on executing a daring, crucial operation under France’s radar, he is unaware that the obsessed Sharon follows the breadcrumbs of clues across the country to find her answers. But she is wholly unprepared for the dilemma she must face upon solving the puzzle.
1942: As the Vichy government hunts for Jews across France, Claudette Pelletier, a young and talented seamstress and lover of romance novels, falls in love with a Jewish man who seeks shelter at the château where she works. Their whirlwind and desperate romance before he must flee leaves her pregnant and terrified.
When the Nazis invade the Free Zone shortly after the birth of her child, the disabled Claudette is forced to make a heartbreaking choice and escapes to Spain, leaving her baby in the care of his nursemaid. By the time Claudette is able to return years later, her son has disappeared. Unbeknown to his anguished mother, the boy has been rescued by a Youth Aliyah agent searching for Jewish orphans.
1968: When Israeli naval officer Daniel Yarden recruits Sharon Bloomenthal for a secret naval operation in Cherbourg, France, he can’t imagine that he is the target of the agenda of the twenty-year-old grieving the recent loss of her fiancé in a drowned submarine. Sharon suspects that Danny's past in Youth Aliyah may reflect that of her mysterious late mother and she sets out to track her boss’s extraordinary journey as an orphan in a quaint French village all the way to Israel.
As Danny focuses on the future of his people and on executing a daring, crucial operation under France’s radar, he is unaware that the obsessed Sharon follows the breadcrumbs of clues across the country to find her answers. But she is wholly unprepared for the dilemma she must face upon solving the puzzle.
432 pages, Paperback
First published January 9, 2024
About the author
Talia Carner
19 books470 followersFormerly the publisher of Savvy Woman magazine and a lecturer at international women economic forums, novelist Talia Carner’s heart-wrenching suspense novels, PUPPET CHILD, CHINA DOLL and JERUSALEM MAIDEN and HOTEL MOSCOW have garnered rave reviews and awards. As each touches a social issue never explored before, they are often the choice of reading groups in the USA and abroad.
THE THIRD DAUGHTER, a novel about sex trafficking in Buenos Aires in the late 1800s, (HarperCollins 2019) was named Finalist by The Jewish Book Council (in the Book Club category.)
Talia Carner's 6th novel, THE BOY WITH THE STAR TATTOO, will be released in February 2024 by HarperCollins. It is an epic historical novel weaving two yet-untold events set in France, the first set in 1946 in the aftermath of the Holocaust, when agents from Eretz Israel roamed the European countryside to rescue hidden Jewish orphans (Youth Aliya). The second is set in 1969, about the daring escape of the boats of Cherbourg, in Normandy, which were commissioned and paid for by Israel but whose delivery was blocked by a French arms embargo.
Sharon, the assistant to an Israeli naval officer stationed Cherbourg, is set to unravel the mystery of his journey from a French village to Israel. She is unprepared for the moral dilemma she will face upon solving the mystery.
Talia Carner's addictions include chocolate, ballet, hats—and social justice.
The author keynoted over 450 in-person events, in addition to 325 Zoom presentations during the two years of the pandemic. Please check www.TaliaCarner.com.
THE THIRD DAUGHTER, a novel about sex trafficking in Buenos Aires in the late 1800s, (HarperCollins 2019) was named Finalist by The Jewish Book Council (in the Book Club category.)
Talia Carner's 6th novel, THE BOY WITH THE STAR TATTOO, will be released in February 2024 by HarperCollins. It is an epic historical novel weaving two yet-untold events set in France, the first set in 1946 in the aftermath of the Holocaust, when agents from Eretz Israel roamed the European countryside to rescue hidden Jewish orphans (Youth Aliya). The second is set in 1969, about the daring escape of the boats of Cherbourg, in Normandy, which were commissioned and paid for by Israel but whose delivery was blocked by a French arms embargo.
Sharon, the assistant to an Israeli naval officer stationed Cherbourg, is set to unravel the mystery of his journey from a French village to Israel. She is unprepared for the moral dilemma she will face upon solving the mystery.
Talia Carner's addictions include chocolate, ballet, hats—and social justice.
The author keynoted over 450 in-person events, in addition to 325 Zoom presentations during the two years of the pandemic. Please check www.TaliaCarner.com.
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December 17, 2023
Dear audience,
Apparently this book annoys some of the readers because of what this book is about.
They haven't even read it, yet they decide to rate it 1 star.
Don't let them dictate what you should or shouldn't read. Obviously the rate of this book will never be genuine because of them.
To all the "readers", I wonder if it had been a story about a Nazi and how he fell in love, you would be this outraged as you are now.
Your antisemitism is showing. Move on.
Apparently this book annoys some of the readers because of what this book is about.
They haven't even read it, yet they decide to rate it 1 star.
Don't let them dictate what you should or shouldn't read. Obviously the rate of this book will never be genuine because of them.
To all the "readers", I wonder if it had been a story about a Nazi and how he fell in love, you would be this outraged as you are now.
Your antisemitism is showing. Move on.
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December 18, 2023I hate to break it to all the people I've seen writing 1-star reviews and commenting on Instagram, but a book based on Israeli/Jewish history is not "Zionist propaganda". Learn the meaning of words before you throw them around like it's nothing.
December 3, 2023
1942. Claudette Pelletier is a seamstress and she was born with a twisted leg, she didn’t go to school and a kindly Jewish peddler Mr. Baume teaches her to read. Time passes and Claudette works as a seamstress in Loire Valley, in the free zone and at an old French chateau. When Isaac Baume and his son Raphaël arrive, she hides them for a few days and she develops feelings for Raphaël. After they leave, Claudette discovers she’s pregnant and she refuses to name the father of her child. When the Germans are almost banging on the front door, the Duchess Silvia de Castellane and her family leave for Spain, taking Claudette with them and they assure her baby will be safe in the village with the wet-nurse and she has nothing to worry about?
1946. Uzi Yarden is form Youth Aliya he’s searching the French countryside for Jewish children and he's taking them back to Israel. Jewish children have been hidden away during the war, in churches, monasteries and with Christian families. With most of Europe’s Jewish population being murdered in the holocaust, most of the children are orphans, it's important for them to practice their own faith and have a fresh start.
1969. Sharon Bloomenthal is an Israeli intelligence officer, she lost her boyfriend when the submarine he was in goes missing at sea and without a trace. Sharon is recruited by Daniel Yarden to smuggle recruits around France, scope out locations and he works for the Israeli Navy. Five missile boats from the French port of Cherbourg, have been paid for by the Israeli government and haven't been delivered due to the French arms embargo and they want them.
The narrative has a triple timeline it goes between 1942, 1946 and 1969, it's a little confusing at times and I did manage to piece it all together and you have to really concentrate while reading it.
When Sharon discovers Danny came to Israel from France as an orphan, she can’t understand why he isn’t interested in finding out who his parents were and if they could possibly be alive? Danny has his mind on his mission and job and is happy with his life and he can’t be bothered chasing ghosts from the past.
I received a copy of The Boy with the Star Tattoo by Talia Carner from Harper Collins Publishers and Edelweiss Plus in exchange for an honest review. The main part of the story is about Claudette having no idea how badly damaged France would be at the end of the war, people killed and displaced, and trying to find a missing child was extremely difficult, and bit like finding a needle in a haystack.
The author covers real subjects I had never heard of before, like Youth Aliya, the disappearance of the submarine INS Dakar and it’s crew in 1968 and the plans the Israeli government created to get the boats they had ordered from the French. Four stars from me, if you’re a fan of complicated and in-depth historical fiction and then this is the perfect novel for you.
1946. Uzi Yarden is form Youth Aliya he’s searching the French countryside for Jewish children and he's taking them back to Israel. Jewish children have been hidden away during the war, in churches, monasteries and with Christian families. With most of Europe’s Jewish population being murdered in the holocaust, most of the children are orphans, it's important for them to practice their own faith and have a fresh start.
1969. Sharon Bloomenthal is an Israeli intelligence officer, she lost her boyfriend when the submarine he was in goes missing at sea and without a trace. Sharon is recruited by Daniel Yarden to smuggle recruits around France, scope out locations and he works for the Israeli Navy. Five missile boats from the French port of Cherbourg, have been paid for by the Israeli government and haven't been delivered due to the French arms embargo and they want them.
The narrative has a triple timeline it goes between 1942, 1946 and 1969, it's a little confusing at times and I did manage to piece it all together and you have to really concentrate while reading it.
When Sharon discovers Danny came to Israel from France as an orphan, she can’t understand why he isn’t interested in finding out who his parents were and if they could possibly be alive? Danny has his mind on his mission and job and is happy with his life and he can’t be bothered chasing ghosts from the past.
I received a copy of The Boy with the Star Tattoo by Talia Carner from Harper Collins Publishers and Edelweiss Plus in exchange for an honest review. The main part of the story is about Claudette having no idea how badly damaged France would be at the end of the war, people killed and displaced, and trying to find a missing child was extremely difficult, and bit like finding a needle in a haystack.
The author covers real subjects I had never heard of before, like Youth Aliya, the disappearance of the submarine INS Dakar and it’s crew in 1968 and the plans the Israeli government created to get the boats they had ordered from the French. Four stars from me, if you’re a fan of complicated and in-depth historical fiction and then this is the perfect novel for you.
December 21, 2023
trying to paint the nakba (displacement of millions of palestinians) as a founding of a genocidal & terrorist nation that is israel is not something you demons have done for the first time.
edit : a lot of yall are playing mental gymnastics in the comments.
this author is an ex idf soldier who has written this book based on sheer lies and propaganda while blatantly ignoring the 75+ years of oppression & violence inflicted on palestine by the terror!st state of isr@el.
so yes zionists are infact demons.
calling me an antisemite bcs i dont buy this fuckass propaganda, pls grow a brain
edit : a lot of yall are playing mental gymnastics in the comments.
this author is an ex idf soldier who has written this book based on sheer lies and propaganda while blatantly ignoring the 75+ years of oppression & violence inflicted on palestine by the terror!st state of isr@el.
so yes zionists are infact demons.
calling me an antisemite bcs i dont buy this fuckass propaganda, pls grow a brain
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December 16, 2023This sounds incredible, poignant, and ever so relevant to today's climate. The 1-star reviews are further proof that antisemitism is alive and well. I cannot wait to read this.
October 10, 2023
I thoroughly enjoyed The Boy with the Star Tattoo by Talia Carner. While WW2 historical fiction is one of my favorite genres, with this book, I appreciate that Talia went beyond the war into what happened afterward to the Jewish children left in France. The story rotates between several time frames. In 1942, Claudette, a French woman, falls in love with a Jewish man and realizes she is pregnant after he has left in an attempt to evade the Nazis. After the baby is born, Claudette is in danger and must leave France for her safety, but others convince her it is better to leave her baby behind and return for him after the war. When Claudette returns to France, her son is not where she expected him to be, and she begins searching for him. The second period covered in the story occurs shortly after the war when members of Youth Aliyah from Israel search for Jewish orphans to rescue and bring to Israel. The third period in the book is 1968, when an Israeli officer named Danny recruits Sharon Bloomenthal for a mission in Cherbourg. Sharon herself is an orphan and sees her trip to France as a chance to learn more about her mother, a Jewish WW2 survivor who had immigrated to Israel. At the same time, she begins to wonder about Danny’s past and his family’s connection with the Youth Aliyah.
The book was a fascinating look into the years after the war. I did not know how difficult it was to find the Jewish children, especially those hidden during the war, let alone bring them to Israel. I enjoyed learning about Youth Aliyah. The events Sharon was involved with in Cherbourg with the boats and the Israeli military operation to get them out of France to Israel was also something I found interesting and wanted to learn more about. Overall, the novel was well-researched, and I appreciated how Talia tied the story together. I highly recommend it!
Thanks to the Thoughts from a Page Podcast Patreon traveling galley program and the publisher, William Morrow, for the advanced copy!
The book was a fascinating look into the years after the war. I did not know how difficult it was to find the Jewish children, especially those hidden during the war, let alone bring them to Israel. I enjoyed learning about Youth Aliyah. The events Sharon was involved with in Cherbourg with the boats and the Israeli military operation to get them out of France to Israel was also something I found interesting and wanted to learn more about. Overall, the novel was well-researched, and I appreciated how Talia tied the story together. I highly recommend it!
Thanks to the Thoughts from a Page Podcast Patreon traveling galley program and the publisher, William Morrow, for the advanced copy!
December 18, 2023
“75% of institutionalized French children had at least one living parent.”
Author Talia Carner “did not want to tell another Holocaust story but to explore what happened afterward. How were these children found?” She did just that in multiple timelines and from multiple POVs as we follow Danny, the boy with the star tattoo, who was the fictionalized child representing so many orphaned Jewish children after the war.
With a little bit of romance and a whole lot of heartache, Carner paints a picture with her prose of what it must have been like for these young children to be ripped away from their natural families during the war and then again from their adoptive families years later to either reunite with the family they lost or to be moved to a family of Jewish culture and heritage.
Here is another example of why I love historical fiction. I learn so much about topics I knew nothing about!
Rating:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
Read if you like:
Historical fiction
Learning about the IDF
Lost and found family stories
Thank you Thoughts From a Page Podcast and William Morrow for a traveling ARC.
Author Talia Carner “did not want to tell another Holocaust story but to explore what happened afterward. How were these children found?” She did just that in multiple timelines and from multiple POVs as we follow Danny, the boy with the star tattoo, who was the fictionalized child representing so many orphaned Jewish children after the war.
With a little bit of romance and a whole lot of heartache, Carner paints a picture with her prose of what it must have been like for these young children to be ripped away from their natural families during the war and then again from their adoptive families years later to either reunite with the family they lost or to be moved to a family of Jewish culture and heritage.
Here is another example of why I love historical fiction. I learn so much about topics I knew nothing about!
Rating:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
Read if you like:
Historical fiction
Learning about the IDF
Lost and found family stories
Thank you Thoughts From a Page Podcast and William Morrow for a traveling ARC.
November 1, 2023
Set in the early 1940's and late 1960 this is a story of war time. A time of upheave and uncertainness for the Jewish people. Children separated from their parents in an effort to save them and the story of those that helped. A story of Claudette, Danny, and Sharon as the story weaves them together. A story of hope, faith, strength, and determination.
December 27, 2023
This book is quite a fascinating historical fiction that explores the plight of Jewish children during and after World War II, as well as the time period in the late 1960's when 5 Israeli boats escaped from Cherbourg, France to Israel. It follows Claudette, who relinquished her infant son, hoping to keep him safe, Uzi, who became part of the Youth Allayah after the war, who searched for those children who had been separated from their families, hoping to reunite them. In the late 1960's, Sharon, an Israeli officer working with the boat mission, headed by Danny, begins to unravel a mystery that is decades old. It is a well-researched book, and I learned so much about the history of these times that I had never known. Talia Carner has brought these little-known time periods to light with wonderful fictional characters that are as resilient and full of heart as those they represent. It is a book full of hope, courage, and a bit of romance. I thoroughly enjoyed it! Thank you to the author, publisher and Netgalley for my advance copy. The opinions of my review are my own.
December 18, 2023
Review-bombing a book that you haven’t even read and that hasn’t been released yet just because it contains characters from a country you don’t like is nasty. I’m excited to read this when it comes out.
December 17, 2023
If it is going to be historical it’s better be accurate not propaganda for the IDF. Very ill intentions in every corner of this book.
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
December 16, 2023
ABSOLUTELY NOT
December 16, 2023
Its straight up bulls*it
December 23, 2023
Dear book readers - GoodReads is at it again. This book - which has NOT BEEN PUBLISHED YET! - is being maliciously defamed by so many as “Zionist propaganda”.
This makes me want to read it and buy it more than I would have if there wasn’t all this ugly noise around it.
Imagine if the author/subject was African-American or Hispanic or LGBTQ, or any other group but Jews… these disgusting comments would be immediately deleted.
I encourage you to first READ this book. Reading is so important for the mind. And keep your vile, prejudice, antisemitic views to yourself!
Ms. Carner, know there are many out there supporting you.
This makes me want to read it and buy it more than I would have if there wasn’t all this ugly noise around it.
Imagine if the author/subject was African-American or Hispanic or LGBTQ, or any other group but Jews… these disgusting comments would be immediately deleted.
I encourage you to first READ this book. Reading is so important for the mind. And keep your vile, prejudice, antisemitic views to yourself!
Ms. Carner, know there are many out there supporting you.
September 23, 2023
A sweet and heartbreaking story of one woman’s quest to find her lost child and another woman’s quest to defend her country.
November 6, 2023
This is a 5-star historical fiction. Alas, I must rate it with all books I read. Thank you so much Goodreads for the advance copy. I learned so much reading this novel, and came to care deeply for the characters. More please!
December 16, 2023
Unreadable zionist propaganda
December 17, 2023
Review to come…
December 16, 2023
This book is beautiful and heartbreaking. I loved everything about this book and it should be taught schools.
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Also to everyone rating a book about the HOLOCAUST 1 stars because of the conflict touch some grass
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Also to everyone rating a book about the HOLOCAUST 1 stars because of the conflict touch some grass
December 16, 2023
Talia I love you, you are on the right side of humanity, don’t be afraid to speak your mind, keep going and ignore those hateful blind souls ❤️
January 14, 2024
A fan of WWII historical fiction, I was looking forward to reading this book, which focuses much on postwar happenings. It weaves together the story of several people. Claudette, a crippled woman who is afraid of being discovered by Nazis in France during WWII and sent away or even killed for her disability. Claudette falls in love with a Jewish man and discovers that she is pregnant after he has left for safety. Just after the war is the story of Uzi, a young man with Youth Aliyah, tasked with bringing Jewish children from war torn France to rebuild their culture in Ersatz Israel. Twenty plus years later and we have the story of Sharon, a young woman awaiting news on her fiancée whose submarine is missing. She is recruited by Danny, a naval captain from Israel, with a secret mission. Sharon discovers a secret having to do with Danny and does a little sleuthing without his knowledge to find out his background story.
I had known a little about the Youth Aliyah but this book certainly gave me new information on the difficult job and how they often had children adopted by loving families who were not Jewish. I’m sure they often struggled with the decision of whether to take these children away from their new families. I appreciate the author bringing a different story to light.
I did however, feel a lack of connection with the characters. I wanted to feel more of what they were dealing with, whether it be the loss of a loved one, or the feeling of fear. There were also many words that I had to try to figure out via context, either French words, or Hebrew words. When that happens often, I lose the flow of the book. I also struggled when I had to put down the book for a while to remember what was happening and who was who, because there were quite a few people in the story as it was weaving between three different things. I decided to just finish the last 40% today so that didn’t happen again! The ending seemed a little abrupt and I would have liked it to tell more about what happened afterwards.
As I mentioned, I did enjoy learning more about the Youth Aliyah which was, quite possibly, my favorite part of the story.
Thank you to William Morrow for an ARC of this book. All opinions in this review are my own.
I had known a little about the Youth Aliyah but this book certainly gave me new information on the difficult job and how they often had children adopted by loving families who were not Jewish. I’m sure they often struggled with the decision of whether to take these children away from their new families. I appreciate the author bringing a different story to light.
I did however, feel a lack of connection with the characters. I wanted to feel more of what they were dealing with, whether it be the loss of a loved one, or the feeling of fear. There were also many words that I had to try to figure out via context, either French words, or Hebrew words. When that happens often, I lose the flow of the book. I also struggled when I had to put down the book for a while to remember what was happening and who was who, because there were quite a few people in the story as it was weaving between three different things. I decided to just finish the last 40% today so that didn’t happen again! The ending seemed a little abrupt and I would have liked it to tell more about what happened afterwards.
As I mentioned, I did enjoy learning more about the Youth Aliyah which was, quite possibly, my favorite part of the story.
Thank you to William Morrow for an ARC of this book. All opinions in this review are my own.
December 17, 2023
could’ve benefitted from a better editer and a little less propaganda. historical fiction with an emphasis on the fiction aspect as the way it attempts to portray parts of history seem like something of a fantasy novel. you are expected to leave any sense of logic at the door in order to enjoy this in any capacity.
December 16, 2023
Only fiction nothing historical about ethnic cleaning and revisionist work, boycott this author and Harper Collins till this work is deplaformed, the most antisemitic thing to do would be release this book truly
December 17, 2023
Love it ! Could not put it out of my hands! Well written, great story !! Thank you for the amazing book 🙏
January 31, 2024
Overall, a good plot with enchanting characters, but the pace was unstable and remarkably slow throughout. I would only recommend if you enjoy reading about this period in history.
December 17, 2023
Amazing !!!
September 27, 2023
I received a copy of "The Boy with the Star Tattoo from Negalley. This book focuses on two different time eras. The 1940s between 1942-1946. And skips two decades to 1968 and 1969. In the forties in Europe Claudette a teenager with a crippled leg. a kind man taught her to read. She falls in love with a young Jewish man and becomes pregnant. since the baby is born out of wedlock and he is half Jewish the baby is in danger. Claudette fearing for her baby and her own safety she has a tiny tattoo of the star of David put on the baby Benjamin's foot. she is separated from the baby when he is six weeks old never knowing if she will ever see him again.
Flash forward to 1968 a young woman named Sharon is working for causes in Isreal and France. lOst her own mother when she was an infant after the Holocaust. She meets Daniel a soldier. Sharon learns of the baby Benjamin with the Star Tattoo and sets out to find him and hopefully reunite him with his mother if she is still alive. there is lot of going back and forth between the decades slowly intertwining other characters and the what became of mysteries. I liked this book for the most part but found it a bit annoying to go back and forth between the decades. comes together well though. I would give this book a 3.5.
Flash forward to 1968 a young woman named Sharon is working for causes in Isreal and France. lOst her own mother when she was an infant after the Holocaust. She meets Daniel a soldier. Sharon learns of the baby Benjamin with the Star Tattoo and sets out to find him and hopefully reunite him with his mother if she is still alive. there is lot of going back and forth between the decades slowly intertwining other characters and the what became of mysteries. I liked this book for the most part but found it a bit annoying to go back and forth between the decades. comes together well though. I would give this book a 3.5.
December 7, 2023
I received this ARC from NetGalley for an honest review . This is a very good historical novel that begins in 1940 in France and ends in 1969 in Israel. Much of the novel is based on real people and real events. The story centers around Sharon, an Israeli, whose fiancé died in a horrific submarine disaster in 1969 and Claudette, in 1940 in France, who fell in love with a Jew trying to escape from the Nazi’s. I learned about the boats of Cherbourg. In 1969, the boats were commissioned and paid for by Israel. They were built in Normandy in a private shipyard . The book also talked about Hadassah’s “Youth Aliyah” program which rescued Jewish children before , during and after the Holocaust . I enjoyed the story and the many characters, however, it was a little confusing with so many people and alternating between countries and years.
November 22, 2023
This ambitious novel tackles some of the answers to the questions of "what happened next". What happened to the supposedly orphaned children housed with (hardly) Christians, How did Jews escape the illegal embargo placed upon emigrés by the English and French. And how did a people survive the intense grief of survivor's guilt and the uncertainty of the fate of their loved ones. It is a novel written about two time periods: The 1940s and the 1960s. It's an amazing read, but best read in segments in order to have a better understanding of the meaning of history.
I requested and received an EARC from William Morrow/William Morrow Paperbacks via NetGalley.
I requested and received an EARC from William Morrow/William Morrow Paperbacks via NetGalley.
January 19, 2024
The story is touching in the writing is beautiful. I will definitely read Talia Carner's other novels now as well.
The attention that the Jew-hating review bombers has created was the very thing that made me determined to read this book. I have my own children's picture book being released in March (Matzah Ball Chase) which is set in Israel, and I dread the review bombers that are bound to attack it for the same reason.
The attention that the Jew-hating review bombers has created was the very thing that made me determined to read this book. I have my own children's picture book being released in March (Matzah Ball Chase) which is set in Israel, and I dread the review bombers that are bound to attack it for the same reason.
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