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"1960, New York City: College student Rita Klein is a pioneering woman in the new field of computer programming--until she unexpectedly becomes pregnant. At the Hudson Home for Unwed Mothers, social workers pressure her into surrendering her baby for adoption. Rita is struggling to get on with her life when she meets Jacob Nassy, a charming yet troubled man from the Netherlands who is traumatized by his childhood experience of being separated from his mother during the Holocaust. When Rita learns that Hitler's Final Solution was organized using Hollerith punch-card computers, she sets out to find the answers that will help Jacob heal. 1941, The Hague: Cornelia Vogel is working as a punch-card operator at the Ministry of Information when a census of Holland's population is ordered by the Germans. After the Ministry acquires a Hollerith computer made in America, Cornelia is tasked with translating its instructions from English into Dutch. She seeks help from her fascinating Jewish neighbor, Leah Blom, an unconventional young woman whose mother was born in New York. When Cornelia learns the census is being used to persecute Holland's Jews, she risks everything to help Leah escape. After Rita uncovers a connection between Cornelia Vogel and Jacob's mother, long-buried secrets come to light. Will shocking revelations tear them apart, or will learning the truth about the past enable Rita and Jacob to face the future together?"--… (meer)
This novel moves between two timelines, one in 1940s Netherlands and one in 1960s New York City, but united by similar themes. I honestly can't say which storyline I enjoyed more, but I did find this book highly compelling and the last hundred pages flew by. ( )
This book was a giveaway, Thank you. I truly enjoyed the stories between the two main characters and the two different timelines that followed them. The story really intrigued me on how the two stories would merge at some point. Great book, look forward to reading more from this author. ( )
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Dedicated to the memory of my father Gerard Pieter Jacobus van Alkemade III 1934-1987
Eerste woorden
Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
I first suspected they were lying to me when my skirt didn't fit.
Citaten
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Willem rescues a crate from the cart and places it on the floor with the gentleness of a mother putting a baby down for a nap. "You have no idea how far this machine has come. I won't have it ruined now." Though his words are clipped, his voice is quiet, as if a shout might rouse the pieces of machinery.
"Don't be silly," Lillian says. "You Dutch are always so worried about giving offense. I suppose it's easier to say nothing than the wrong thing, but it makes people here so unfriendly."
It's as though Cornelia's watching a film that has skipped a frame.
Outside, Cornelia stands for a moment on their shared stoop. Though it's only a matter of inches between Leah's front door and her own, she can't shake the feeling she's returning from a journey to a foreign land.
Cornelia's heartbeat clogs her ears with the sound of surf.
She's hardly heard a word any of them has said. In her mind, moments from the afternoon with Leah are playing over and over like a skipping record.
She's always thought of her father as so important. She sees now he's only as valuable as a highly trained dog. But what happens to a dog that bites its master's hand? It's put down with a bullet to the skull.
Trams arrive and depart, scattering pedestrians and cyclists.
Processing a report on a computer was like preparing Thanksgiving dinner, I thought—weeks of planning and days of work to create something that was finished in minutes.
"I'm not talking about those little trains that bring people in." Greta's mood becomes somber. As if reciting a memorized line, she says, "The transport comes empty, like a hungry snake, and leaves with a full belly."
Westerbork is obviously not a concentration camp, designed to abuse and degrade. It's not even a prison camp meant to punish the incarcerated. It's a warehouse, she realizes, like those canal houses in Amsterdam where the riches of the world were once housed. Except this warehouse is stocked with human beings who have been numbered and shelved like goods ready for export.
It was as if our progression from friends to lovers was as inevitable as an apple falling from a tree: a consequence of gravity that needed no explanation.
The ships docked along the Hudson piers were lit up like holiday decorations.
The man kneeling before me had been to hell and back again. He'd been tempted by death but had chosen life. In laying to rest his long-lost mother, he'd returned my son to me. He knew everything I was ashamed of and still saw me as beautiful.
Laatste woorden
Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
I looked down at my left hand. There must be something magical about that circle of gold after all, I thought, for it to be strong enough to build a bridge from the past into the future.
"1960, New York City: College student Rita Klein is a pioneering woman in the new field of computer programming--until she unexpectedly becomes pregnant. At the Hudson Home for Unwed Mothers, social workers pressure her into surrendering her baby for adoption. Rita is struggling to get on with her life when she meets Jacob Nassy, a charming yet troubled man from the Netherlands who is traumatized by his childhood experience of being separated from his mother during the Holocaust. When Rita learns that Hitler's Final Solution was organized using Hollerith punch-card computers, she sets out to find the answers that will help Jacob heal. 1941, The Hague: Cornelia Vogel is working as a punch-card operator at the Ministry of Information when a census of Holland's population is ordered by the Germans. After the Ministry acquires a Hollerith computer made in America, Cornelia is tasked with translating its instructions from English into Dutch. She seeks help from her fascinating Jewish neighbor, Leah Blom, an unconventional young woman whose mother was born in New York. When Cornelia learns the census is being used to persecute Holland's Jews, she risks everything to help Leah escape. After Rita uncovers a connection between Cornelia Vogel and Jacob's mother, long-buried secrets come to light. Will shocking revelations tear them apart, or will learning the truth about the past enable Rita and Jacob to face the future together?"--
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