Daughters of the occupation : a novel of WWII

Daughters of the occupation A novel of WWII

Shelly Sanders, 1964-

Book - 2022

Thirty years after a Jewish widow and her children are kept safe by their loyal housekeeper after the Nazis take over Latvia in 1940, she begs her estranged granddaughter to find out what happened to her son.

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Subjects
Jews > Latvia > Rīga > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Latvia > Rīga.
Rumbula Massacre, Rumbula, Latvia, 1941 > Fiction.
Grandparent and child > Fiction.
Family secrets > Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.
Genres
Historical fiction
Novels
Published
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers [2022]
Language
English
Main Author
Shelly Sanders, 1964- (author)
Edition
First U.S. edition
Item Description
Includes: P.S. insights, interviews and more....author's note, further reading, and book club questions.
Physical Description
364, 16 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN
9780063247895
9780063226661
Contents unavailable.
Review by Library Journal Review

At her mother's funeral in 1970s Chicago, Sarah learns her family's devastating history from estranged grandmother Miriam, who gave birth to son Monya during the 1940 Soviet invasion of Latvia and lost her husband in the subsequent German invasion. As Jews, the remaining family sought protection from their staunch housekeeper, but Monya was left behind when they finally fled the country. Now Miriam wants Sarah to find him. From award-winning YA author Sanders; with a 150,000-copy paperback and a 25,000-copy hardcover first printing.

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