An unexpected letter arrives in the mail, tying the present to the past, and promising a long awaited reunion...Mia Levy is content with the simple existence she leads on a farm. But her days weren't always spent so quietly. Over thirty years ago, Mia lived in Poland, where she had all she could want - her home, family, and first love, music - until history took its course, changing the world and the life she knew forever. Mia's struggle to survive would take her from the poverty-stricken streets of Poland to New York City, where she encountered a love that would span decades, to Paris where she would place herself in the gravest of dangers to uncover the mysterious fate that befell her family...Inspired by the author's own experiences as an American soldier, this remarkable novel is a story of loss, love, betrayal, and the amazing power of hope. With its inventive storytelling skill and unforgettable voice, "The Memories We Keep" is a debut novel that will arrest your imagination until the very last page is turned...
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"One of this year's more captivating debut novels."---Publishers Weekly"
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Walter Zacharias, founder and now Chairman Emeritus of Kensinton Publishing Corp., served in World War II and was with the French when they liberated Paris. The Memories We Keep is his first novel.
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Songbird,
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I could not put this book down. For Mr. Zacharius to have written such a poignant book about something we should all forever be aware of is amazing. The depth of his characters is "major". The chilling facts of the death camps and Hitler's terrorism against an innocent race should be understood by each and everyone of us and NEVER FORGOTTEN. I commend Mr. Zacharius for his compelling story and wish he had more books out for us to read. He gives hope to all aspiring writers as he has proved that it is never too late to follow a dream and write your book.
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Starts well, goes downhill,
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This is a reprint of the book "Songbird", so check it out if you want to read the reviews when this was first published.
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strong historical thriller,
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In 1975 Mia Levy lives the simple life of a kibbutz farmer near the increasingly hostile Lebanese border having fled her homeland and a radically different life over three decades ago. However, now her past has caught up to her as clarinet player Vinnie Sforza sends her a letter stating he saw her in a Pathe newsreel working in the Israeli fields and by the time she reads his note, he will be airborne to see her so that they can remember the good but short time together in Brooklyn or perhaps be kicked out by her.
Mia looks back to fleeing Poland where in 1939 she went from a talented teenage pianist to being "that Jew" forced to play Hitler's Wagner instead of her beloved Chopin. Her father sold diamonds to get the family passage to the allies, but they were betrayed and placed on a train to Treblinka. As far as she knows only she escaped by fleeing to America where she met Vinnie. Unsure whether she can truly love someone again, Mia, obsessed with her family probably dead in the death camp, leaves Vinnie for Paris as an undercover operative helping the allies by becoming a dominatrix servicing Nazi customers. Now Vinnie is coming to see his true love. The description of life in Poland in the late 1930s and early 1940s is incredibly detailed, vivid and harrowing as readers will wonder how people can do this to other people in the name of God and Hitler. Just having Chopin replaced by Wagner symbolizes how much the Nazis cleansed impure races especially the Jews. The small segue in New York is also deep as the impact of the horrors on Mia's soul overwhelm her love of music and of Vinnie. Though the Paris take turns too raunchy, historical readers will appreciate this powerful reminder that any form of human cleansing is an abomination. Note this is a reprint of SONGBIRD. Harriet Klausner
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Three Crosses Square, Nate Kolleck, Krucza Street, Madame de Sevigny, Franz Behrenson, Baron de Tourneau, Mia Levy, Colonel Bickwith, Heil Hitler, Vive la France, German Army, King Chaim, Colonel Becker, Baron's Chamber, Star of David, Lake Constance, Café Astoria, Benny Goodman, New York, Madame Chanier de Taer, United States, Death's Head, Mademoiselle Odette, Eldest of the Jews, Begin The Beguine Browse Sample Pages:
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Three Crosses Square, Nate Kolleck, Krucza Street, Madame de Sevigny, Franz Behrenson, Baron de Tourneau, Mia Levy, Colonel Bickwith, Heil Hitler, Vive la France, German Army, King Chaim, Colonel Becker, Baron's Chamber, Star of David, Lake Constance, Café Astoria, Benny Goodman, New York, Madame Chanier de Taer, United States, Death's Head, Mademoiselle Odette, Eldest of the Jews, Begin The Beguine Browse Sample Pages:
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