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Hiding Places: A Father and His Sons Retrace Their Family's Escape from the Holocaust

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Growing up in 1950s Connecticut, author Daniel Asa Rose had always felt alienated from his Jewish roots. Though his mother, a Holocaust survivor, told him stories of the “Not-sees,” these villains seemed as unreal to him as the ogres from his fairy-tale books. Safeguarded by American suburbia, there seemed little need to conjure up horrific stories from the past.

Decades later, feeling unmoored by a painful divorce, Rose takes his two young boys on a quest to reclaim this forgotten history. Arriving in Belgium, equipped only with a tattered diary written by his uncle, they seek out the barns, wine cellars, brothels, and other shadowy places where their relatives hid from the Nazis almost fifty years before. Along the way, Rose struggles to explain the realities of the Holocaust to his impressionable yet precocious sons. Combining childhood flashbacks, family lore, and absorbing travel adventures, this is a story of one family’s triumphant reconnection to their heritage.

Synopsis:

While growing up in 1950s Connecticut, Rose's mother, a Holocaust survivor, told him about the Nazis, but they never seemed real to him. Years later, the author takes his young sons to Belgium. Using his uncle's tattered diary, they seek out the barns, wine cellars, and other hiding places relatives used to hide from the Nazis more than 50 years before.

About the Author

DANIEL ASA ROSE is the author of the novel Flipping for It, and Small Family with Rooster, a collection of short stories. The winner of one O. Henry prize and two PEN awards, he is currently the Arts & Culture editor of the Forward.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780609809150
Author:
Rose, Daniel Asa
Publisher:
Random House
Author:
Daniel Asa Rose
Location:
New York
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Jews
Subject:
Holocaust, jewish (1939-1945)
Subject:
Historical - Holocaust
Subject:
Connecticut
Subject:
Children of Holocaust survivors
Subject:
Holocaust, jewish
Edition Number:
1st paperback ed.
Series Volume:
3020
Publication Date:
p2002
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
383 p.
Dimensions:
8.04x5.21x.82 in. .61 lbs.
Hiding Places: A Father and His Sons Retrace Their Family's Escape from the Holocaust
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Product details 383 p. pages Three Rivers Press (CA) - English 9780609809150 Reviews:
"Synopsis" by , While growing up in 1950s Connecticut, Rose's mother, a Holocaust survivor, told him about the Nazis, but they never seemed real to him. Years later, the author takes his young sons to Belgium. Using his uncle's tattered diary, they seek out the barns, wine cellars, and other hiding places relatives used to hide from the Nazis more than 50 years before.
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