NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE
MEDAL
On the brink of World War II, with the Nazis tightening their grip on
Berlin, a mother's act of courage and love offers her daughter a chance
of survival.
"[A] hymn to the power of resistance, perseverance, and enduring
love in dark times...gravely beautiful...Hoffman the storyteller
continues to dazzle." --THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
At the time when the world changed, Hanni Kohn knows she must send her
twelve-year-old daughter away to save her from the Nazi regime. Her
desperation leads her to Ettie, the daughter of a rabbi whose years
spent eavesdropping on her father enables her to create a mystical
Jewish creature, a rare and unusual golem, who is sworn to protect
Hanni's daughter, Lea. Once Ava is brought to life, she and Lea and
Ettie become eternally entwined, their paths fated to cross, their
fortunes linked.
What does it mean to lose your mother? How much can one person sacrifice
for love? In a world where evil can be found at every turn, we meet
remarkable characters that take us on a stunning journey of loss and
resistance, the fantastical and the mortal, in a place where all roads
lead past the Angel of Death and love is never-ending.
