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Bezig met laden... The Lost Letter (2017)door Jillian Cantor
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Pre-internet sleuthing reminds of the speed and immediacy we take for granted. ( ) When Katie Nelson takes her father's stamp collection to an expert to see if there's anything of value, she doesn't expect anything will come of it. But when the appraiser, Benjamin, expresses interest in what may be not only a rare find but also an anomaly, a mystery is laid before her that she can't help but try to answer. And the journey takes her down a path that spans back over fifty years and exposes secrets and identities that have been long-buried and thought lost forever. Along the way, Katie also just might find some things she thought she had lost forever as well... When this book first started jumping back and forth between the 1989 "present" and the 1938 "past", I found myself wondering if there was any real connection or if it was just two stories being told side-by-side because of a single point of connection: a stamp. And the reality is that while that stamp is the key to much of the story and the connection, there is so much more here that reveals itself as you go. This is a story of love, of perseverance, of exploration, and of never giving up hope. [Disclaimer: This review is based on an advance review copy received from the publisher as part of the First to Read program.] The Lost Letter is a beautiful novel of historical fiction. In the late 1980's Katie is caring for her father who suffers with Alzheimer's Disease. Her father had been an avid stamp collector and she's beginning the process of evaluating/selling his collection. One stamp on an unopened letter brings a journey to the past and understanding in the present tense. Alternating between 1980's-1990's Los Angeles and 1930's Austria we learn about the stamp, the letter-writer and the intended recipient. Other than The Sound of Music I've rarely read of the Nazi occupation in Austria. And yes, the stamp has an edelweiss! geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Austria, 1938. Kristoff is a young apprentice to a master Jewish stamp engraver. When his teacher disappears during Kristallnacht, Kristoff is forced to engrave stamps for the Germans, and simultaneously works alongside Elena, his beloved teacher's fiery daughter, and with the Austrian resistance to send underground messages and forge papers. As he falls for Elena amidst the brutal chaos of war, Kristoff must find a way to save her, and himself. Los Angeles, 1989. Katie Nelson is going through a divorce and while cleaning out her house and life in the aftermath, she comes across the stamp collection of her father, who recently went into a nursing home. When an appraiser, Benjamin, discovers an unusual World War II-era Austrian stamp placed on an old love letter as he goes through her dad's collection, Katie and Benjamin are sent on a journey together that will uncover a story of passion and tragedy spanning decades and continents, behind the just fallen Berlin Wall. -- Page [2] of dust jacket. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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