The book that meant everything to me. They nickname it the Book of Lost Names, hoping that one day it can be used to find the truth. As his biography (written by his daughter Sarah) chronicles, Kaminsky didn't stop at the end of the war. He advises her to return to Aurignon to find answers about Rmy. Rereading this and knowing that Mamusia felt this way before tragedy struck, how do your opinions of her and her reaction to Eva's work as a forger change? I thought she had one thing wrong, with a mans name, but then she told me that the person in her book was a real person, and I even looked him up, and she was right! My review of Lost Names here. Ah ah, I had forgotten I had actually read your review of this book, and thats where I had recommended the book on Kaminksy!! Your advice is always so very helpful. She nods solemnly. Why do you think the author decided Joseph would be the traitor? I think Im all logged back in now, this is so hard lol! At the end of the book, she discloses the truth to Ben, though the author does not detail their conversation. Eva has to risk her and her mothers safety on numerous occasions by trusting others. I found myself losing patience with Eva's mother, she was acting like the spoiled child and Eva was forced to act like the adult. The Book of Lost Names direct and plain approach to storytelling lacked the subtlety and emotional depth that brings stories of this nature to life and allows It works spectacularly as a love story; its characters are lovable and easy to bond with. The sudden arrest of Evas father during a mass roundup by the Nazis leaves Eva as the head of the family. The novels rich portrait of Eva, a Jewish woman who becomes an unlikely keystone of an underground operation that smuggles children out of France, highlights the heroism of ordinary people during times of duress. Inspired by an astonishing true story from World War II, a young woman with a talent for forgery helps hundreds of Jewish children flee the Nazis in this unforgettable historical novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the "epic and heart-wrenching World War II tale" (Alyson Noel, #1 New York Times bestselling author) The Winemaker's Wife. She opens it to find all the familiar codes Free Describe how books are used to define characters and create connections. Do you think its possible for parents (or grandparents) trauma and/or resilience to be passed down through the generations? I blink away the uninvited thoughts of Rmy and return my attention to the article. My son, Ben, has a bad habit of pronouncing computer terms slowly in my presencein-ter-net and e-mail-ingas if the whole concept of technology might be too much for me.
