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Once we were home / Jennifer Rosner.

Rosner, Jennifer, (author.).

Summary:
"From Jennifer Rosner, National Jewish Book Award Finalist and author of The Yellow Bird Sings, comes a novel based on the true stories of children stolen in the wake of World War II. Ana will never forget her mother's face when she and her baby brother, Oskar, were sent out of their Polish ghetto and into the arms of a Christian friend. For Oskar, though, their new family is the only one he remembers. When a woman from a Jewish reclamation organization seizes them, believing she has their best interest at heart, Ana sees an opportunity to reconnect with her roots, while Oskar sees only the loss of the home he loves. Roger grows up in a monastery in France, inventing stories and trading riddles with his best friend in a life of quiet concealment. When a relative seeks to retrieve him, the Church steals him across the Pyrenees before relinquishing him to family in Jerusalem. Renata, a post-graduate student in archaeology, has spent her life unearthing secrets from the past--except for her own. After her mother's death, Renata's grief is entwined with all the questions her mother left unanswered, including why they fled Germany so quickly when Renata was a little girl. Two decades later, they are each building lives for themselves, trying to move on from the trauma and loss that haunts them. But as their stories converge in Israel, in unexpected ways, they must each ask where and to whom they truly belong. Beautifully evocative and tender, filled with both luminosity and anguish, Once We Were Home reveals a little-known history. Based on the true stories of children stolen during wartime, this heart-wrenching novel raises questions of complicity and responsibility, belonging and identity, good intentions and unforeseen consequences, as it confronts what it really means to find home"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781250855541
  • ISBN: 1250855543
  • ISBN: 9781250855565
  • Physical Description: 278 pages ; 22 cm.
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Flatiron Books, 2023.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [275]-278).
Subject: World War, 1939-1945 > Children > Fiction.
Holocaust survivors > Fiction.
Children and war > Fiction.
Jewish families > Fiction.
Siblings > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 27 of 33 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 2 current holds with 33 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Abington Community Library FICTION ROSNER (Text) 50687011831560 Adult Fiction Available -
Albright Memorial Library FICTION ROSNER (Text) 50686016293024 Adult Fiction Available -
Altoona Area Public Library F ROS (Text) 33240005156578 Adult Fiction Checked Out 04/22/2024
Cambria County Library FICTION Ros (Text) 85131001901488 CACM Fiction Available -
Coplay Public Library FIC ROS (Text) 31961000279121 Adult Fiction Available -
Dover Area Community Library Adults ROS Fiction (Text) 34217000860239 Adult Area Available -
DuBois Public Library FIC ROSNER (Text)
Memorial: In Memory of Betty and Pamela Chaney
61000100093695 Adult Fiction Available -
Exeter Community Library ROS (Text) 33249025528633 Fiction Available -
FD Campbell Memorial Library FIC ROS (Text) 32002000388635 FDCM Fiction Available -
Gettysburg Library HIST FIC ROSNER JENNIFER (Text)
Endowment: G. Radcliffe and Marian B. Schultz Named Endowment, 2023
35740635932577 New Fiction Available -

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