Ester's Child

In this spellbinding novel, the international bestselling author of Princess brings together a striking cast of characters, revealing deep layers and varieties of love and hate seldom seen in popular fiction. Jewish Holocaust survivors Joseph & Ester Gale have lost most of their family members to the infamous gas chambers of Auschwitz and Treblinka, yet they continue to defy death for the dream of a Jewish State. Palestinian refugees George and Mary Antoun are forced to flee their home in Haifa to raise their only child in the squalor of Shatila refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon. Former S.S. officer Friedrich Kleist and his wife Eva survive Germanys bitter loss in World War II only to have the long shadow of their Nazi past return to haunt them and their beautiful daughter, Christine. By tethering the lives of these three families, all tossed into the maelstrom of wars terrors, JEAN SASSON proclaims the tenderness of great love and exposes the consuming passions of war. But in the end, the force of love overturns the claims of war and blood. JEAN SASSONs talent for delving into the deepest corners of the human condition has produced a stunning novel, and reviewers agree!
ASIN: 0967673739
VSKU: RDV.0967673739.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Sasson, Jean
Binding: Hardcover
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Condition Notes: This book is in good condition with very minimal damage. Pages may have minimal notes or highlighting. Cover image on the book may vary from photo. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer.