The Border of Truth: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.95 (622 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1582434069 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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The correspondence alternates with the 2003 story of Itzak's daughter, Sara, a 41-year-old single professor with a penchant for married lovers who's in the process of adopting a war-refugee child. (Apr.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. This milestone, coupled with Sara's chance encounter with a woman who knows more about Sara's family history than Sara does, compels Sara to look into her family's hidden past: did Itzak abandon a sickly mother to pursue his own freedom, and what was the fate of Itzak's father? Redel (Loverboy) offers a welcome and fresh perspective on the well-trod subject of the Holocaust, and though Sara can grate (she acknowled
Alternating between a teenage boy’s energetic letters to Eleanor Roosevelt and a daughter’s sifting through the fragments of her father’s traumatic wartime choices, Victoria Redel brilliantly imbues her characters with not only bravery and strength but with the humor to survive the pain of the past and the uncertainty of what lies ahead.. The more she learns about her father’s past, the more Sara feels the need to question him about what happened and the more she realizes how her father’s secrets
The Border of Truth, Indeed I enjoyed this book, and will recommend it, but with some reservation.The story is a juxtaposition of two threads: The first is a series of letter written--but not sent--to Eleanor Roosevelt by a teenage refugee on a ship off Virgina from which he hoped to gain entry to the US in 19The Border of Truth, Indeed Ursiform I enjoyed this book, and will recommend it, but with some reservation.The story is a juxtaposition of two threads: The first is a series of letter written--but not sent--to Eleanor Roosevelt by a teenage refugee on a ship off Virgina from which he hoped to gain entry to the US in 1940. The second is a third person account of his daughter's attempts to penetrate her father's past to provide a family story in anticipation of adopting a daughter forty-three years. 0. The second is a third person account of his daughter's attempts to penetrate her father's past to provide a family story in anticipation of adopting a daughter forty-three years. Amazing writer, deep story GSH The Border of Truth: A Novelyes, for the ones that can't read in between all these different components of the book, it migh seem boring or confusing, Victoria is not only talented, but this book projects all fears, moments and parts of history that sometimes are hard to understand in one human brain. Loved it, will read and re-read again.. Mary Reinert said Great story potential. I wanted so much to love this book -- the story had great potential. However, there was just too much left unexplained. I didn't quite understand the father's reluctance in keeping the truth from his daughter while being open with the housekeeper and uniting with others from his past. I didn't quite understand the daughter's relationship with her lovers -- either one. I agree that there just didn't seem to be enough of a connection between her and the furnitur