Bøger af Jennifer Rosner

"This forgotten history of displaced WWII children and the return to their roots [is] captivating, thought-provoking, enlightening, and bittersweet." ¿Alka Joshi, New York Times bestselling author of The Henna Artist"Rosner is one of my favorite authors." ¿Lisa Scottoline, #1 bestselling author of EternalFrom Jennifer Rosner, National Jewish Book Award Finalist and author of The Yellow Bird Sings, comes a novel based on the true stories of children stolen in the wake of World War II.When your past is stolen, where do you belong?Ana will never forget her mother's face when she and her baby brother, Oskar, were sent out of their Polish ghetto and into the arms of a Christian friend. For Oskar, though, their new family is the only one he remembers. When a woman from a Jewish reclamation organization seizes them, believing she has their best interest at heart, Ana sees an opportunity to reconnect with her roots, while Oskar sees only the loss of the home he loves. Roger grows up in a monastery in France, inventing stories and trading riddles with his best friend in a life of quiet concealment. When a relative seeks to retrieve him, the Church steals him across the Pyrenees before relinquishing him to family in Jerusalem. Renata, a post-graduate student in archaeology, has spent her life unearthing secrets from the past--except for her own. After her mother's death, Renata's grief is entwined with all the questions her mother left unanswered, including why they fled Germany so quickly when Renata was a little girl. Two decades later, they are each building lives for themselves, trying to move on from the trauma and loss that haunts them. But as their stories converge in Israel, in unexpected ways, they must each ask where and to whom they truly belong. Beautifully evocative and tender, filled with both luminosity and anguish, Once We Were Home reveals a little-known history. Based on the true stories of children stolen during wartime, this heart-wrenching novel raises questions of complicity and responsibility, belonging and identity, good intentions and unforeseen consequences, as it confronts what it really means to find home.

Un testamento al triunfo y a la esperanza, una historia susurrada en uno de los momentos más oscuros de todos los tiempos.En Polonia, mientras la Segunda Guerra Mundial avanza, una madre esconde junto con su joven hija, un prodigio musical cuyo sonido más leve podría costarles sus vidas.Mientras soldados nazis persiguen a los judíos de su pueblo, Róza y su hija de cinco años, Shira, huyen, buscando refugio en el granero del vecino. Escondidas en el henar día y noche, Shira lucha para mantenerse tranquila y callada, pero la música alrededor de la granja la llama constantemente. Para apaciguar a su hija, Róza le cuenta la historia de una niña en un jardín encantado.A la niña se le ha prohibido realizar cualquier tipo de sonido, así que el pájaro amarillo canta. Canta cualquier cosa que la niña compone en su cabeza: trinos agudos de flautín; gruñidos de contrafagot de garganta baja. La música ayuda a que las flores florezcan.En este mundo hecho realidad, Róza puede proteger a Shira de los horrores que les rodean. Pero el día en el que su refugio deja de ser seguro llega, y Róza deberá realizar una elección imposible: mantener a Shira a su lado o darle la oportunidad de sobrevivir lejos de ella.Inspirada en historias reales de miles de niños judíos escondidos durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, esta es una maravillosa novela acerca de los lazos inquebrantables entre una madre y una hija.Jennifer Rosner es autora de un libro de memorias y de un libro infantil. Esta es su primera novela que será publicada en más de 23 idiomas. Vive en Massachusetts con su familia.

A powerfully moving and utterly gripping debut novel about a mother and daughter forced into hiding at the height of WWII, and the bond between parent and child that can never be broken

Challenges the idea -- and the ideal -- of a coherent, harmonious self.