My Father's Roses: A Family's Journey from World War I to Treblinka - Softcover

Kohner, Nancy

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9781605980737: My Father's Roses: A Family's Journey from World War I to Treblinka

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ISBN 10: 1605980730 ISBN 13: 9781605980737

Publisher: Pegasus Books, 2009

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There were times of joy: a son's return from the trenches of Verdune; the birth of grandchildren; a growing family business. But there was also fear. As the first stormtroopers march into Podersam, Nancy witnesses the disintegration of the family through their increasingly desperate letters. My Father's Roses is a compelling and intimate testament to the persistence of family, memory, and the bonds of kinship in the face of humanity's darkest hour.

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A poignant portrait of three generations...an evocative and moving book that captures the commonplace details of ordinary lives torn apart by the darkening cloud of world events. (Publishers Weekly) "

Poignant. . . . A deep look into the notion of family. I'm sorry that Nancy Kohner didn't live to read how grateful I am for her book. (The Spectator) "

Kohner's narrative moves elegantly between the past and her own investigations in the present. A moving valediction of paternal love. (Financial Times) "

Book Description:

Like the story behind 'Suite Francaise', the author died shortly after completing this moving family memoir based on diaries and letters that her father brought out of Prague before the Holocaust.

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