GIRL FROM THE TRAIN THE

PAPERBACK - THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS

At just six years old, Gretl escapes with her sister from a train bound for Auschwitz. Having been sheltered by a Polish freedom-fighter, after the war she is sent away to a new life in apartheid-era South Africa. There she faces new prejudices, and, eventually, the prospect of a transcending love.

Publisher Description

:A sweeping international love story that celebrates the triumph of the human spirit over the inhumanities of war and prejudice.

Six-year-old Gretl and her sister jump from a train bound for Auschwitz, her mother and grandmother unable to squeeze between the bars covering the windows. The daughter of a German soldier, Gretl understands very little about how her grandmother's Jewishness brought her first to the ghetto, then to the train, and now, to the Polish countryside where she wanders, searching for food and water for her dying sister.

Soon, Gretl finds refuge with Jakob, a Polish freedom fighter, and his family, where she is sheltered until the end of the war. Gretl is then sent away to a new life, a new name, and a new faith in Apartheid-era South Africa. As she comes of age in this strange place, she confronts its prejudices as she hides the truth of her past from her new family.

When Jakob makes his way to South Africa many years later, Gretl and Jakob are reunited in a love story that transcends time and distance and survives the ravages of hatred and war.

Koorong Code
422214
ISBN
0529102374
EAN
9780529102379
Pages
384