Jean-Pierre Angel

The Tortoise Shell Comb (eBook, ePUB)

English Translation by Jean-Pierre Angel

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

It is a late evening in May 1941 and Victor Crespi should have returned home long ago. His wife, his daughter lise, and his eleven-year-old son Simon are apprehensive. After searching in vain all evening, his wife slumps in a chair and cries until dawn when she finally learns of her husbands fate: he has been arrested by the Vichy French police on his way home from work. In his possession is an identification card stamped Jewish. Enough evidence to render an innocent man guilty and send him to the Beaune-la-Rolande camp in the Loiret region. As Victor attempts to survive, Simon and his family cling to hope, even as Jewish round-ups continue. Everything changes a year later when Simon and his family are themselves picked up at dawn in their apartment. When Simon is distressingly separated from his mother and sister, he has just one thing that helps him hang onto life and hope: his mothers tortoise shell comb he keeps in his pocket.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: AuthorHouse
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. August 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781504924337
• Artikelnr.: 52598614

Autorenporträt

Jean-Pierre Angel is a Holocaust survivor who has been instrumental in founding the Federation of Jewish Child Survivors of the Holocaust, which facilitates the sharing of experiences between its members. The Tortoise Shell Comb was originally published in France in 1988. Jean-Pierre divides his time between homes in Boston and Paris.