A PAIR OF PAGE TURNERS
Thursday, November 15th, 2007Our two dedicated and voracious reader, ah…and they are anonymous for now…have read their first selection and given us their review.
The Children of Willesden Lane, by Nona Golabek and Lee Cohen.
“During the tumultuous years of Hitler’s pre-war regime, 10,000 Jewish children were allowed to leave Germany and Austria on the Kindertransport to sponsors in England. Families were separated so that some children might survive.
Lisa, a child prodigy on the piano at age 14, was sent on the perilous journey from Vienna to England on the Kindertransport.
While addressing the horrors and atrocities against Jews, the book focuses more on commitment and overcoming obstacles with help from the nurturing love and encouragement of her ”new” family at a refugee youth hostel on Willesden Lane. The story is a chronicle of Lisa’s teenage years trying to achieve a degree of normalcy in a chaotic world.
The book is a true account of the author’s mother, who became a concert pianist. Geared toward a mature younger reader, the book would make a great gift.”
PAGE TURNER ONE gives this book 2 ½ Bookmarks out of 5 Bookmarks.
PAGE TURNER TWO gives this book 4 Bookmarks and adds that it is a “feel good book” and out of such complete horror, a beautiful story of love and survival emerges.
Find this title as well as other favorites ~ past and current ~
from our two “expert reviewers” on two shelves in our fiction section.
