In the midst of the turmoil of the war in Gaza with the wait for a cease fire and the release of some at least of the Hostages, I have come across this book.*
It won a series of awards in 2018 and 2019, and is one I shall read
The publisher’s commentary runs, “Little Lien wasn't taken from her Jewish parents in the Hague - she was given away in the hope that she might be saved. Hidden and raised by a foster family in the provinces during the Nazi occupation, she survived the war only to find that her real parents had not. Much later, she fell out with her foster family, and Bart van Es - the grandson of Lien's foster parents - knew he needed to find out why.
His account of tracing Lien and telling her story is a searing exploration of two lives and two families. It is a story about love and misunderstanding and about the ways that our most painful experiences - so crucial in defining us - can also be redefined”.
*The Cut Out Girl, Bart van Es, Penguin, 2018
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