Every once in a great while a book comes along that reminds us of the magic spell that stories can cast over us๏ฟฝto dazzle, entertain, and enlighten. Welcome to the Arabian Nights for our time๏ฟฝa lush and fantastical epic guaranteed to spirit you away from the very first page๏ฟฝ.Secreted away in a garde
The Orphan's Tale
โ Scribed by Jenoff, Pam
- Book ID
- 109939406
- Publisher
- MIRA
- Year
- 2016
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 177 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781460396421
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โฆ Synopsis
"Readers who enjoyed Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale and Sara Gruen's Water for Elephants will embrace this novel. " โLibrary Journal
"Secrets, lies, treachery, and passion.... I read this novel in a headlong rush." โChristina Baker Kline, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Orphan Train
A powerful novel of friendship set in a traveling circus during World War II, The Orphan's Tale introduces two extraordinary women and their harrowing stories of sacrifice and survival
Sixteen-year-old Noa has been cast out in disgrace after becoming pregnant by a Nazi soldier and being forced to give up her baby. She lives above a small rail station, which she cleans in order to earn her keep... When Noa discovers a boxcar containing dozens of Jewish infants bound for a concentration camp, she is reminded of the child that was taken from her. And in a moment that will change the course of her...
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