{"product_id":"once-we-were-home-paperback","title":"Once We Were Home - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJennifer Rosner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNational Jewish Book Award Finalist - Association of Jewish Libraries Fiction Honor Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This forgotten history of displaced WWII children and the return to their roots [is] captivating, thought-provoking, enlightening, and bittersweet.\" ―Alka Joshi, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Henna Artist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Rosner is one of my favorite authors.\" ―Lisa Scottoline, #1 bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eEternal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Yellow Bird Sings\u003c\/i\u003e, comes a novel based on the true stories of children stolen in the wake of World War II. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen your past is stolen, where do you belong?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAna will never forget her mother's face when she and her baby brother, Oskar, were sent out of their Polish ghetto and into the arms of a Christian friend. For Oskar, though, their new family is the only one he remembers. When a woman from a Jewish reclamation organization seizes them, believing she has their best interest at heart, Ana sees an opportunity to reconnect with her roots, while Oskar sees only the loss of the home he loves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRoger grows up in a monastery in France, inventing stories and trading riddles with his best friend in a life of quiet concealment. When a relative seeks to retrieve him, the Church steals him across the Pyrenees before relinquishing him to family in Jerusalem. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRenata, a post-graduate student in archaeology, has spent her life unearthing secrets from the past--except for her own. After her mother's death, Renata's grief is entwined with all the questions her mother left unanswered, including why they fled Germany so quickly when Renata was a little girl. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwo decades later, they are each building lives for themselves, trying to move on from the trauma and loss that haunts them. But as their stories converge in Israel, in unexpected ways, they must each ask where and to whom they truly belong. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeautifully evocative and tender, filled with both luminosity and anguish, \u003ci\u003eOnce We Were Home\u003c\/i\u003e reveals a little-known history. Based on the true stories of children stolen during wartime, this heart-wrenching novel raises questions of complicity and responsibility, belonging and identity, good intentions and unforeseen consequences, as it confronts what it really means to find home.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Rosner\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eOnce We Were Home \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Yellow Bird Sings\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award\u003ci\u003e; \u003c\/i\u003ethe memoir \u003ci\u003eIf A Tree Falls: A Family's Quest to Hear and Be Heard, \u003c\/i\u003eabout raising her deaf daughters in a hearing, speaking world; and a children's book, \u003ci\u003eThe Mitten String\u003c\/i\u003e, which is a Sydney Taylor Book Award Notable. Jennifer's writing has appeared in the\u003ci\u003e New York Times, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Massachusetts Review, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Forward\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She lives in western Massachusetts with her family\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 8.2 x 5.39 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 12, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47369662988466,"sku":"9781250855565","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/9efca68e73902b8a9fc4c61287e9f915.webp?v=1777597970","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/once-we-were-home-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}