Pastel Orphans eBook Gemma Liviero
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In 1930s Berlin, young Henrik, the son of a Jewish father and Aryan mother, watches the world around him crumbling people are rioting in the streets, a strange yellow star begins appearing in shop windows, and friends are forced to move—or they simply disappear.
After his father becomes gravely ill, Henrik and his little sister, Greta, are taken by their mother to Poland for safety. However, not even the pastoral surroundings of their new home can protect them from the terrors of war. When the Nazis invade and Greta is kidnapped, Henrik must shed his youthful innocence and search for his lost sister, a quest that will further reveal a harrowing landscape of violence and struggle―but also unexpected connections.
Uniquely told from the perspective of youth plunged into adult chaos, Pastel Orphans is a coming-of-age story that explores profound lessons in self-belief, kindness, and human endurance.
Revised edition This edition of Pastel Orphans includes editorial revisions.
Pastel Orphans eBook Gemma Liviero
Usually I don't like to read books about the Holocaust, books about war. I have no idea what prompted me to buy this book as ordinarily I would have rejected it after a brief glance at the synopsis. The book engaged me from the start. Henrik and his family became very real to me very quickly. I loved how various little vignettes helped to flesh out the characters. Indeed, I loved the characters themselves as if they were truly people I had come to know and care about. This story reeled me in and kept me hooked from beginning until the very last page. It is a book about love and families and perseverance in the face of impossible circumstances. It is a true masterpiece and I am sorry it is over.Product details
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Pastel Orphans eBook Gemma Liviero Reviews
I did not expect that I would love this book. Reading what the book was about did not give me any inkling what happened in this book. I knew basic facts but never the length this boy would go in search of his sister. What happens in his quest is powerful. The author skillfully weaves seemingly unimportant events in the beginning of the book to important parts later in the book. One small example was learning to shoot a rifle. Very interesting read.
Where to start? This book is so gripping that not only is it hard to put down, it follows you throughout the day even when not reading it, as it's so hard to get it out of your mind. Of course, any book concerning this terrible time in history is hard to read in many ways, due to the brutality of the Nazis and the horrible things that befell the Jewish people. But this book is also a book about survival, and the ability of the human spirit to keep going, no matter what the conditions. There is so much suspense in this book; the reader is propelled toward the next page just to make sure the characters have made it through yet another challenge and hardship, of which there were many. I can't recommend this book more highly. If you are interested in reading a book about this particular time in history, and are inspired by the true courage and fortitude that was necessary for those who lived through it, then this book is for you.
I bought this book eight months ago when it was on special. I didn't know anything about the book or author, and kept it on my for future reading. I finally got around to reading it this week. I was hooked from the very beginning. I saw another review that said it was too slow and the reviewer couldn't get into it. It was the opposite for me.
I usually won't read a book written in present tense, but I understood why it was important in a book about the holocaust. I loved the characters and that the book started out when Henrik was only five or six and that it didn't jump ahead too quickly. There were times when the story was so sad that I almost didn't want to keep reading--but of course I had to keep reading because I cared too much about the characters and had to know if they survived.
I highly recommend Pastel Orphans. One of the best books I've ever read!
My husband was a young child during the war and reading this and asking him if he remembers some of this he said yes and More. This book was well written, one story with maybe a thousand more to be told.
n 1931, in Berlin, five-year-old Henrik lives happily with his middle-class parents, Karolin and Emmett. He plays with his newborn sister, Greta. However, their living conditions gradually deteriorate. Emmett loses his job and becomes sick and bedridden. There is less food on their table, and their housemaid is released. Henrik is confused by these changes as well as other incidents, which he questions incessantly. By 1939, Karolin, distressed, flees using forged papers, taking Henrik and Greta to her sister’s farm in Poland and leaving Emmett behind. Germany invades Poland, and little blonde-and-blue-eyed Greta is taken away by the Nazis. When Karolin tries to interfere, an officer whips her, and she falls unconscious. Young Henrik, witnessing the abduction, vows to find and bring his sister back. On a little-known aspect of the Holocaust hundreds of thousands of children are estimated to have been kidnapped for the Generalplan Ost program. I wish the author had given Greta more pages to tell her story but it is a heart-touching book that you will find hard to put down. I always learn something new when reading books about the Holocaust and this book brought this horrible atrocity right before my eyes.
An amazing story of a terrible time, showing the true power of family.
Gemma Liviero has brought to life characters that you will feel drawn to. She paints you a picture of the life of a young boy growing up during the holocaust and his trials and loss during this time.
It is an excellent read and so well written, it will make you laugh and cry, be prepared to lose yourself in this story.
Usually I don't like to read books about the Holocaust, books about war. I have no idea what prompted me to buy this book as ordinarily I would have rejected it after a brief glance at the synopsis. The book engaged me from the start. Henrik and his family became very real to me very quickly. I loved how various little vignettes helped to flesh out the characters. Indeed, I loved the characters themselves as if they were truly people I had come to know and care about. This story reeled me in and kept me hooked from beginning until the very last page. It is a book about love and families and perseverance in the face of impossible circumstances. It is a true masterpiece and I am sorry it is over.
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