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Shoshanna's Story: A Mother, A Daughter, and the Shadows of History -(SIGNED)-
by Naves, Elaine Kalman -(signed)-
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0771067909
- ISBN 13
- 9780771067907
- Seller
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Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: McLelland & Stewart, 2003. ------The scan you see is the book you get. Grey cloth with silver lettering on spine, (roughly) 8 3/4" by 6" (inches). head band, xi, 295 pages plus 8 pages of b & w plates, Near Fine condition with just a hint of fading to top and bottom edges, dust jacket is in Near Fine condition now in Mylar. "At the end of the Second World War, a survivor of Auschwitz makes her way home to Hungary. Of all her family, only she & one sister have survived the camps; her young officer husband disappeared into Russia years before. Believing herself a widow, Shoshanna falls under the protection of an older man who, like her, lost everything in the Holocaust. She gives birth to this man’s child by the time her beloved soldier returns, and she has to make a choice ----." Check out the scans. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Elaine Kalman Naves , journalist and author, has written several books on Montreal’s literary history and an award-winning biography of her Hungarian-Jewish paternal family, Journey to Vaja. She is a frequent reviewer and contributor on literary subjects for the Montreal Gazette . From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- Nessa Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42C616
- Title
- Shoshanna's Story: A Mother, A Daughter, and the Shadows of History -(SIGNED)-
- Author
- Naves, Elaine Kalman -(signed)-
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0771067909
- ISBN 13
- 9780771067907
- Publisher
- McLelland & Stewart
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- Naves, Elaine Kalman -(signed)- Shoshanna's Story: A Mother, A Daughter, and the Shadows of History McLelland & Stewart 0771067909 "At the end of the Second World War, a survivor of Auschwitz makes her way home to Hungary. Of all he
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biographies; Nazis; True Crime;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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