Exile Music A Novel

Jennifer Steil, Hillary Huber

eAudio - 2020

Based on an unexplored slice of World War II history, Exile Music is the captivating story of a young Jewish girl whose family flees refined and urbane Vienna for safe harbor in the mountains of BoliviaAs a young girl growing up in Vienna in the 1930s, Orly has an idyllic childhood filled with music. Her father plays the viola in the Philharmonic, her mother is a well-regarded opera singer, her beloved and charismatic older brother holds the neighborhood in his thrall, and most of her eccentric and wonderful extended family live nearby. Only vaguely aware of Hitler's rise or how her Jewish heritage will define her family's identity, Orly spends her days immersed in play with her best friend and upstairs neighbor, Anneliese. Togeth...er they dream up vivid and elaborate worlds, where they can escape the growing tensions around them.But in 1938, Orly's peaceful life is shattered when the Germans arrive. Her older brother flees Vienna first, and soon Orly, her...

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Books on Tape
Language
English
Main Authors
Jennifer Steil, Hillary Huber
Online Access
Overdrive Resource Page
Format
MP3 audiobook, OverDrive Listen audiobook
MP3 audiobook
File Size426 GB
Parts13
ISBN9780593166529
Release Date5/5/2020
OverDrive Listen audiobook
File Size426 GB
ISBN9780593166529
Release Date5/5/2020