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  • af Kim Van Alkemade
    408,95 kr.

    "New York Times bestselling author of Orphan #8, Kim van Alkemade returns with a gripping and poignant historical saga in which an unmarried college student who's given up her baby for adoption helps a Dutch Holocaust survivor search for his lost mother. 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"--

  • af Kim Van Alkemade
    128,95 kr.

  • af Kim Van Alkemade
    156,95 kr.

    From the New York Times bestselling author of Orphan #8 comes a fresh and intimate novel about the destructive power of secrets and the redemptive power of love, inspired by the true story of Jacob Ruppert, the millionaire owner of the New York Yankees, and his mysterious bequest in 1939 to an unknown actress, Helen Winthrope Weyant.

  • af Kim Van Alkemade
    87,95 - 101,95 kr.

    Barn nr. 8, der er inspireret af virkelige begivenheder, er en fængslende roman om evnen til bevidst at tilføje andre mennesker skade - og til at elske.I 1919 bliver den fireårige Rachel og hendes bror sendt på et børnehjem i New York, hvor Dr. Mildred Solomon udfører medicinske eksperimenter på børnene. Dr. Solomon udsætter Rachel for forsøg med røntgenbehandlinger, der gør at Rachel bliver vansirret og efterfølgende bliver mobbet af de andre forældreløse børn. Det lykkes hende at flygte da hun er femten.Adskillige år senere arbejder Rachel som sygeplejeske og hun møder Dr. Solomon, som nu er cancerpatient igen. Ved at justere på medicinen begynder hun at lave sine egne forsøg på Dr. Solomon. I sidste ende står Rachel overfor valget mellem hævn eller barmhjertighed. * Baseret på forfatterens morfars egen historie og barndomDen mørke sandhed om eksperimenterne på et jødiske børnehjem

  • - A Novel
    af Kim Van Alkemade
    183,95 kr.

    A stunning debut novel of historical fiction set in the forgotten world of New York City's Jewish orphanagesIn 1919, four-year-old Rachel Rabinowitz is placed in the Hebrew Infant Home where Dr. Mildred Solomon is conducting medical research on the children. Dr. Solomon subjects Rachel to an experimental course of X-ray treatments that establish the doctor's reputation while risking the little girl's health. Now it's 1954, and Rachel is a nurse in the hospice wing of the Old Hebrews Home when elderly Dr. Solomon becomes her patient. Realizing the power she holds over the helpless doctor, Rachel embarks on a dangerous experiment of her own design. Before the night shift ends, Rachel will be forced to choose between forgiveness and revenge.Inspired by true events, Orphan #8 is a powerful novel about the human capacity to harm?and to love.

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