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A stunningly ambitious and beautiful book, perfect for admirers of The Nightingale, Schindler's List, and All the Light WE CAN NOT See, about 12-year-old Hannah Rosenthal's harrowing experience fleeing Nazi-occupied Germany with her family and closest friend, only to discover that the overseas asylum that they had been promised is an illusion. Before everything modified, young Hannah Rosenthal resided a charmed life. But now, in 1939, the streets of Berlin are draped with red, white, and black flags; her family's fine belongings are hauled away; and they are no longer welcome in the places that once sensed like home. Hannah and her closest friend, Leo Martin, make a pact: whatever the future has waiting for you for the coffee lover, they'll meet it along. Hope appears by means of the SS St. Louis, a transatlantic liner offering Jews safe passing out of Germany. After having a frantic search to obtain visas, the Rosenthals and the Martins depart on the luxurious ship bound for Havana. Life on board the St. Louis is similar to a surreal getaway for the refugees, with masquerade balls, delightful meals, and polite, respectful service. But soon ominous rumours from Cuba undermine the individuals' delicate sense of safe practices. From one day to the next, impossible choices can be found, unthinkable sacrifices are created, and the ship that was previously their salvation seems more likely to become their doom. Seven decades later in New York City, on her 12th birthday, Anna Rosen receives a strange package deal from an undiscovered relative in Cuba, her great-aunt Hannah. Its details will encourage Anna and her mom to travel to Havana to learn the truth about their family's secret and tragic history, a quest that will assist Anna understand her place and her purpose on earth. The German Girl sweeps from Berlin at the brink of the next World War to Cuba on the cusp of trend, to NY in the wake of Sept 11, before attaining its deeply moving conclusion in the tumult of present-day Havana. Predicated on a true history, this masterful book gives words to the joys and sorrows of decades of exiles, forever seeking a location called home.
