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The Border of Truth

by Victoria Redel

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ISBN10: 1582433666
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During the 1940s A Seventeen-Year-old European Jewish refugee aboard a ship being returned to Nazi-occupied Brussels, after having been denied American port, writes a series of letters to Eleanor Roosevelt. He beseeches her intervention and tells his own story (the girls he's kissed, the movies he's seen). The minutiae of this young boy's life mix with the mortal realities of the time in his communiques. Decades later, in contemporary Manhattan, Sara is uncovering the secrets of her parents--secrets in which, through silence, she's been complicit. The Border of Truth is a multi-faceted exploration of the experience of first-generation children of refugees (in this case of the Holocaust), and the ways in which the stories of their parents define their lives. Ultimately, these two very separate timelines converge as Sara can no longer keep her self-made promise not to ask her father what happened to him and his family during the war. When he thwarts her questions, the pieces of his puzzle find their way to her on their own. Fascinating, mesmerizing, and gorgeously told, The Border of Truth is a riveting read--sure to bring Victoria Redel to the wide and appreciative audience she so handsomely earns in these pages.
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mgdallas, August 28, 2007 (view all comments by mgdallas)
Father and daughter, their stories alternating, and each story enough to hold one's attention. Daughter committed at a young age to not ask about her father's past, yet now actively seeks it as she prepares to adopt a child. Father's story is based in 1940, as he tells of his plight via letters to Eleanor Roosevelt. He is a youngster sitting on a ship in a Virginia harbor, wondering if the USA will allow him to disembark, or if he will be sent back to Europe. He has come alone due to a myriad of circumstances.
The urgency of each set of circumstances, the parallels of selfishness, guilt, and yearning, even though the stories are 60 years apart, make this book hard to put down. We do not know till the end what will happen for each character, and I, at least, developed my own feelings about the events as they unfolded.
A delightful book!
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ISBN:
9781582433660
Author:
Redel, Victoria
Publisher:
Counterpoint LLC
Subject:
General
Subject:
World war, 1939-1945
Subject:
Refugees
Subject:
FIC046000
Subject:
Family life
Subject:
Jewish
Publication Date:
March 2007
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Pages:
327
Dimensions:
8.46x5.84x1.28 in. .96 lbs.
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