The Wind Knows My Name (SIGNED)
by Allende, Isabel (tr. Frances Riddle)
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine, d/j in protective sleeve. SIGNED to plate affixed to fep.
- ISBN 10
- 1526660318
- ISBN 13
- 9781526660312
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Bloomsbury, 2023. 1st. h/b. Fine, d/j in protective sleeve. SIGNED to plate affixed to fep.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). No, we're not lost. The wind knows my name. And yours too. Vienna, 1938. Samuel Adler is five years old when his father disappears during Kristallnacht - the night their family loses everything. As her child's safety seems ever harder to guarantee, Samuel's mother secures a spot for him on the last Kindertransport train out of Nazi-occupied Austria to England. He boards alone, carrying nothing but a change of clothes and his violin. Arizona, 2019. Eight decades later, Anita Diaz and her mother board another train, fleeing looming danger in El Salvador and seeking refuge in the United States. But their arrival coincides with the new family separation policy, and seven-year-old Anita finds herself alone at a camp in Nogales. She escapes her tenuous reality through her trips to Azabahar, a magical world of the imagination. Meanwhile, Selena Duran, a young social worker, enlists the help of a successful lawyer in hopes of tracking down Anita's mother. Intertwining past and present, The Wind Knows My Name tells the tale of these two unforgettable characters, both in search of family and home. It is both a testament to the sacrifices that parents make, and a love letter to the children who survive the most unfathomable dangers - and never stop dreaming.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC133158
- Title
- The Wind Knows My Name (SIGNED)
- Author
- Allende, Isabel (tr. Frances Riddle)
- Format/Binding
- H/b
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine, d/j in protective sleeve. SIGNED to plate affixed to fep.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 1526660318
- ISBN 13
- 9781526660312
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2023
- Pages
- 258
- Size
- 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6"")
- Keywords
- 1st, fiction, signed, Allende, translated, Riddle
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- X weight
- 0.56 g
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