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The most precious of cargoes : a tale / Jean-Claude Grumberg ; translated from the French by Frank Wynne.
A fairytale-like novel set during the height of World War II finds a childless, impoverished woodcutter's wife risking her safety to take in and protect a Jewish baby, a twin abandoned under desperate circumstances.
World War II. In an enormous forest a woodcutter and his wife find it difficult to put food on the table. Yet every night, his wife prays for a child. A Jewish father rides on a train holding twin babies. His wife no longer has enough milk to feed both children. In hopes of saving them both, he wraps his daughter in a shawl and throws her into the forest. While foraging for food, the wife finds a baby girl wrapped in a shawl. Although she knows harboring this baby could lead to her death, she takes the child home. -- adapted from jacket.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062981790
- ISBN: 006298179X
- Physical Description: 120 pages ; 19 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]
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| Subject: | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Fiction. Jewish children in the Holocaust > Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 > Jews > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. |
Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at Lehigh Valley Library System.
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- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allentown Public Library | GRUMBERG, JEAN-CLAUDE (Text) | 34455006740605 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Bethlehem Main Library | f (Text) | 33062009345514 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
