Book
The girl they left behind : a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 9781501187681
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Physical Description:
print
regular print
353 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm - Edition: First Atria Books hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Atria Books, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018.
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| Subject: | Families -- Hungary -- Fiction World War, 1939-1945 -- Hungary -- Budapest -- Fiction Hungary -- Social conditions -- 1945-1989 -- Fiction |
| Genre: | War stories. Historical fiction. |
Available copies
- 11 of 12 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Castlegar Public Library. (Show)
Holds
- 2 current holds with 12 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Castlegar Public Library | FIC VEL (Text) | 35146002107662 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Gibsons Public Library | FIC VELE (Text) | 30886001061718 | Adult Fiction Hardcover | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Kimberley Public Library | F VEL (Text) | 35137001020048 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Nakusp Public Library | FIC VEL (Text) | 35160000770603 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Prince Rupert Library | Vele (Text) | 33294002035020 | Adult Fiction - Second Floor | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Quesnel Branch | VEL (Text) | 33923006025377 | General Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Terrace Public Library | VEL (Text) | 35151001080340 | Adult Fiction | Not holdable | Missing | - |
| Trail and District Public Library Main Branch | F VEL (Text) | 35110001064621 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Tumbler Ridge Public Library | AF VELET (Text) | TRL24633 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Valemount Public Library | f vel (Text) | 35194014284541 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
On a freezing night in January 1941, a little Jewish girl is found on the steps of an apartment building in Bucharest. With Romania recently allied with the Nazis, the Jewish population is in grave danger, undergoing increasingly violent persecution. The girl is placed in an orphanage and eventually adopted by a wealthy childless couple who name her Natalia. As she assimilates into her new life, she all but forgets the parents who were forced to leave her behind. They are even further from her mind when Romania falls under Soviet occupation. Yet, as Natalia comes of age in a bleak and hopeless world, traces of her identity pierce the surface of her everyday life, leading gradually to a discovery that will change her destiny. She has a secret crush on Victor, an intense young man who as an impoverished student befriended her family long ago. Years later, when Natalia is in her early twenties and working at a warehouse packing fruit, she and Victor, now an important official in the Communist regime, cross paths again. This time they are fatefully drawn into a passionate affair despite the obstacles swirling around them and Victor's dark secrets. When Natalia is suddenly offered a one-time chance at freedom, Victor is determined to help her escape, even if it means losing her. Natalia must make an agonizing decision: remain in Bucharest with her beloved adoptive parents and the man she has come to love, or seize the chance to finally live life on her own terms, and to confront the painful enigma of her past.
