The German girl / Armando Lucas Correa ; translated by Nick Caistor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Correa, Armando Lucas, 1959- author.

Contributor:

Caistor, Nick, translator.

Standardized Title:

Niña alemana. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Jews, German--Fiction.

Jews, German.

Jews--Cuba--Fiction.

Jews.

Cuba.

Genre:

Fiction.

Historical fiction.

Physical Description:

343 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Atria books hardcover edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Atria Books, 2016.

Language Note:

Translated from Spanish.

Summary:

Before everything changed, young Hannah Rosenthal lived a charmed life. But now, in 1939, the streets of Berlin are draped with red, white, and black flags; her family's fine possessions are hauled away; and they are no longer welcome in the places that once felt like home. Hannah and her best friend, Leo Martin, make a pact: whatever the future has in store for them, they'll meet it together. Hope appears in the form of the SS St. Louis , a transatlantic liner offering Jews safe passage out of Germany. After a frantic search to obtain visas, the Rosenthals and the Martins depart on the luxurious ship bound for Havana. Life on board the St. Louis is like a surreal holiday for the refugees, with masquerade balls, exquisite meals, and polite, respectful service. But soon ominous rumors from Cuba undermine the passengers' fragile sense of safety. From one day to the next, impossible choices are offered, unthinkable sacrifices are made, and the ship that once was their salvation seems likely to become their doom. Seven decades later in New York City, on her twelfth birthday, Anna Rosen receives a strange package from an unknown relative in Cuba, her great-aunt Hannah. Its contents will inspire Anna and her mother to travel to Havana to learn the truth about their family's mysterious and tragic past, a quest that will help Anna understand her place and her purpose in the world. The German Girl sweeps from Berlin at the brink of the Second World War to Cuba on the cusp of revolution, to New York in the wake of September 11, before reaching its deeply moving conclusion in the tumult of present-day Havana.

1939, Berlin. Hannah Rosenthal's family is no longer welcome in the places that once felt like home. Hannah and her best friend, Leo Martin, make a pact: whatever the future has in store for them, they'll meet it together. Hope appears in the form of the SS St. Louis , offering Jews safe passage out of Germany, bound for Havana. Seven decades later in New York City, Anna Rosen receives a strange package from an unknown relative in Cuba, her great-aunt Hannah. The subsequent quest will help Anna understand her place and her purpose in the world.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-343).

Other Format:

Online version: Correa, Armando Lucas, 1959- author. German girl.

ISBN:

9781501121142

1501121146

9781501121234

1501121235

OCLC:

944380490

Publisher Number:

99969654173