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Published by GROVE PRESS, 2009
Seller: M.M. DAVIES/BOOKFINDER, CATSKILL, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. FINE/FINE DJ; NOT AN X-LIB, NOR A BCE; "A FAMILY STORY SPANNING TWO WORLD WARS AND SEVERAL GENERATIONS IN A GERMAN FAMILY. : IT IS 1945 AND IN THE DEVASTATING OPENING SCENE, A YOUNGG MOTHER NAMED HELENE STANDS WITH HER SEVEN YEAR OLD SON IN A PROVINCIAL GERMAN RAILWAY STATION, AMID THE CHAOS OF CIVILIANS FLEEING WEST. HAVING SURVIVED WITH HIM THROUGH THE HORROR AND DEPRIVATION OF THE WAR YEARRS, HELENE ABANDONS HER SON ON THE STAITION PLATFORM AND NEVER RETURNS.".