Send For Me

Send For Me is a novel that spans generations and continents, from pre-WWII Germany to current-day midwestern America, exploring the ties that bind a family and the sacrifices they make for each other. Based on letters from Lauren Fox's own family, the book is a vivid depiction of a family's heartbreak and rebuilding.

\n Format: Hardback
\n Length: 272 pages
\n Publication date: 08 July 2021
\n Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
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Spanning generations and continents, from pre-WWII Germany to current-day midwestern America, Send for Me is a richly imagined testament to the ties that bind. Whitney Scharer's novel delves into the lives of Annelise, a young woman living in Feldenheim, Germany, in the 1930s, and her family as they navigate the rise of anti-Jewish sentiment. Annelise is a dreamer, imagining her future while working at her parents' popular bakery and falling in love with her husband. However, as the dangers of the Holocaust grow closer, Annelise and her family are forced to leave for America, leaving her parents behind.

Two generations later, Ruthie's daughter, Clare, discovers her grandmother's letters from Germany and is faced with an impossible choice: the past or her future. Send for Me is a novel of dazzling emotional richness that is based on letters from Lauren Fox's own family. It is an epic and intimate exploration of mothers and daughters, duty and obligation, hope and forgiveness. The novel spans generations and continents, from pre-WWII Germany to current-day midwestern America, and is a testament to the ties that bind. Whitney Scharer's novel delves into the lives of Annelise and her family as they navigate the rise of anti-Jewish sentiment and the sacrifices they make to escape the Holocaust. It is a powerful and moving story that will leave readers deeply affected.

\n Weight: 380g\n
Dimension: 144 x 265 x 210 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781529381627\n \n