Mr. Rosenblum Dreams in English
Mr. Rosenblum Dreams in English

Author: Natasha Solomons

Publisher: Hachette+ORM

Published: 2010-06-04

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 0316097020

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In her tender, sweetly comic debut, Natasha Solomons tells the captivating love story of a Jewish immigrant couple making a new life -- and their wildest dreams -- come true in WWII-era England. At the outset of World War II, Jewish refugees Jack Rosenblum, his wife Sadie, and their baby daughter escape Berlin, bound for London. They are greeted with a pamphlet instructing immigrants how to act like "the English." Jack acquires Savile Row suits and a Jaguar. He buys his marmalade from Fortnum & Mason and learns to list the entire British monarchy back to 913 A.D. He never speaks German, apart from the occasional curse. But the one key item that would make him feel fully British-membership in a golf club-remains elusive. In post-war England, no golf club will admit a Rosenblum. Jack hatches a wild idea: he'll build his own. It's an obsession Sadie does not share, particularly when Jack relocates them to a thatched roof cottage in Dorset to embark on his project. She doesn't want to forget who they are or where they come from. She wants to bake the cakes she used to serve to friends in the old country and reminisce. Now she's stuck in an inhospitable landscape filled with unwelcoming people, watching their bank account shrink as Jack pursues his quixotic dream.

The Baker's Daughter
The Baker's Daughter

Author: Sarah McCoy

Publisher: Crown

Published: 2012-01-24

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 0307460207

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In this New York Times bestseller, two women in different eras face similar life-altering decisions, the politics of exclusion, the terrible choices we face in wartime, and the redemptive power of love. In 1945, Elsie Schmidt is a naive teenager, as eager for her first sip of champagne as she is for her first kiss. She and her family have been protected from the worst of the terror and desperation overtaking her country by a high-ranking Nazi who wishes to marry her. So when an escaped Jewish boy arrives on Elsie’s doorstep on Christmas Eve, Elsie understands that opening the door would put all she loves in danger. Sixty years later, in El Paso, Texas, Reba Adams is trying to file a feel-good Christmas piece for the local magazine, and she sits down with the owner of Elsie's German Bakery for what she expects will be an easy interview. But Reba finds herself returning to the bakery again and again, anxious to find the heart of the story—a story that resonates with her own turbulent past. For Elsie, Reba’s questions are a stinging reminder of that last bleak year of World War II. As the two women's lives become intertwined, both are forced to confront the uncomfortable truths of the past and seek out the courage to forgive.

German Meals at Oma's
German Meals at Oma's

Author: Gerhild Fulson

Publisher: Page Street Publishing

Published: 2018-11-13

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 1624146244

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Re-Create Oma's Favorite Authentic German Recipes Right in Your Own Kitchen Whip up traditional German meals just like Oma used to make! Gerhild Fulson, founder of the blog Just Like Oma, was born in Germany and learned how to make delicious meals by her mother's side. After years of perfecting her recipes, Gerhild has created this incredible collection that covers well-known dishes from Berlin to Hamburg—and everywhere in between. Recipes like Sauerkraut and Bratwurst, Beef and Onions, Schnitzel with Mushroom Sauce, Lamb Stew, Potato Dumplings and Corned Beef Hash are just a few of the comforting dishes you can make in no time. With easy-to-follow recipes, beautiful photos and helpful tips throughout, you’ll feel like you’re cooking with Oma right by your side. Whether you’re in the mood for the heartwarming dishes of your childhood or you simply want to try tasty dishes from a new cuisine, Gerhild makes it easy for you to take classic German recipes from her family’s table to yours.

Two Marriages: From Paradise into Hell and Back Again
Two Marriages: From Paradise into Hell and Back Again

Author: Ina Paradine

Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers

Published: 2023-08-18

Total Pages: 510

ISBN-13: 1398483257

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In Two Marriages: From Paradise to Hell and Back Again, Jette tells the story of her journey through love and heartbreak. The first third of the book is written from the perspective of a narrator and details Jette’s career, social life, and the betrayal by her first husband. The last two thirds, written by Jette in the first person, is a tribute to her second husband, Ernest Edward John Paradine, a former Major of the British Royal Artillery, who was honored by the Queen in 1981 with an MBE. Jette recounts the couple’s move to England and her experiences travelling with Ernest to India, Pakistan, Brunei, Singapore, and Jordan. Along the way, the reader learns of Ernest’s family secrets and Jette’s love for England and classical music. The book is a true love story and a glimpse into life in ‘third world countries’ from 1988 to 2000, with unbelievable coincidences playing a role in both Jette and Ernest’s lives.

Forks in the Road
Forks in the Road

Author: Gunter Weis

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2011-04-07

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 1456866958

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This book is a chronicle of Gunters family, commencing in Germany with his parents, how the Depression aborts their move to the USA, thus enduring World War II in Nazi Germany. He desribes the bombing, separation from family, evacuation and conditions after defeat, all through the eyes of a child. In 1943 brother Gerhard joins the family under peculiar circumstances. They move to the USA in 1949, where they hope to escape war. But Gunter serves in the Army, and brother Gerhard flies helicopters in Viet Nam. As GI in Germany Gunter meets his bride and tells of her familys experience during and after the war. The book emphasices that life often takes a twist and we must cope. It is a good read, often with a bit of humor mixed in.

The Coveted Recipe
The Coveted Recipe

Author: Astrida Barbins Stahnke

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2020-04-15

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 1796097705

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The Coveted Recipe may be a part of that story, only steeped in the Dark Ages. I am not sure what it is and where it belongs. Is it an adult fairy tale? A sad tragedy of times past? Or a parable of human nature that in changing remains the same, where innocent people are caught in webs of misplaced fears, laws, and regulations? It came to me on a sunny day in Berlin as I sat in an U-Bahn that passed along the broken graffiti-smeared Berlin Wall, thinking how it had locked people in—like the Iron Curtain—and how many suffered and died behind those walls that had cut through lives and loves, leaving trails of guilt and sin on all sides. And then I thought about punishments, such as witch hunts and dungeons and prisons and wars. Seeing the devastation through a foggy window, I hoped that the train was speeding into a new and better age . . .

Argentina Cooks!
Argentina Cooks!

Author: Shirley Lomax Brooks

Publisher: Hippocrene Books

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 9780781809979

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Collects 190 recipes for Argentine foods, grouped in nine regions, and includes a look at ingredients and techniques, comments on the country's landscape, history, traditions, and culture, and discussion of Argentine wines.

Recollections of a Hamburger
Recollections of a Hamburger

Author: Christel Behnke Gehlert

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13:

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Born in Hamburg, Germany, in 1941, Christel Behnke Gehlert vividly recounts her early childhood years in the war-torn country and weaves in memories from friends and family. She tells of the numerous dashes to the neighborhood bomb shelter as the city exploded under the Allies' assault, the gnawing hunger from a lack of food and fuel, and the personal upheavals her family endured. But even in the midst of tragedy, Christel found joy. She warmly recalls family and friends, German customs and celebrations, school days, and vacation. From the excitement of playing in ruins to the incessant longing for material goods, Christel describes the games and pranks she and her friends played, the joy of singing in a community choir, and the hearty, timeless traditions of growing up German. In post-war Germany, Christel began to think critically about her country's role in the conflict, but she also plunged headlong into adolescence: daydreaming at school, becoming aware of the opposite sex, taking dance lessons and class trips, and, most importantly, developing a passion for America. Recollections of a Hamburger intimately captures one young woman's coming-of-age during her nation's recovery from war and reveals how the power of memory shapes our lives forever.

The Joy of Being
The Joy of Being

Author: Hildegard Caringi

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2008-04

Total Pages: 493

ISBN-13: 1434363325

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Saving the Best Dance for Last tells the story of a young woman whose childhood experiences drove her into a circle that is one of the oldest professions in history, but the most unregulated social accretions in the world. Even though she was born and raised in the church, she was abandoned because of her conduct that didn't meet the standards of her religious community. And because of those childhood experiences she shares the emotional burdens of finding herself being trapped in an environment of deceit, loneness, rejection, anger, and depression. But after experiencing different levels of emotional turmoil, she hungers to find her way back home to Christ, and learning to know a greater peace that no man can give. Saving the Best Dance for Last offers solutions for people healing from emotional burdens of going through life hiding behind the mask of religious showcasing, and telling the truth of the emotion distress caused by living life behind the death of a parent, sexual and mental abuse, and religious abandonment, but in the end, learning the lesson of life that healing the scares within starts within ourselves.

Aamie's War
Aamie's War

Author: Marga Dieter

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2007-06-27

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 0595839460

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What they're saying about AAMIE'S WAR "Profoundly moving I couldn't put it down!" Zella Brown, Cofounder of One By One Jewish German Reconciliation Through Dialogue "A compelling and sensitive personal account, at times charming and tender, at times grimly upsetting Honest, painful and necessary, this book offers an important perspective rarely read in America. An important addition to the human saga of war and the tragic condition of mankind in all it's paradoxical complexity." Lawrence Lowenthal, Director of the New England Region American Jewish Committee "Marga Dieter captures so well the thinking and heart of a little German girl caught in the ravages of the Second World War." Joan Ecklein, Former Co-Chair of the Boston Chapter Women's International League for Peace and Freedom "These poignant experiences of an innocent, bright and lively young girl, acutely remembered by an adult woman, and told with sensitivity and a wonderful sense of drama, will fill the void left by the silent generation of Germany's war children." Barbara Eskin, Moderator of the German Book Club Goethe Institute, Boston Bombs, destruction and emotional devastation form the backdrop for Aamie's childhood on the homefront in Germany during World War II. What might seem crushing to most little girls is just everyday life for her. In a neighborhood where the walls are plastered with posters proclaiming "THE ENEMY IS ALWAYS LISTENING!" and people live by the secrets they keep, any revelation of her mother's sentiments against the Nazis is a danger to her family's very survival. Her father, in the Navy, is eventually captured and serves as a POW, until Aamie is nine years old. Her mother's struggle to maintain their family and raise two teenage boys, who are members of the mandatory Hitler Youth program, within the turmoil of war-torn Germany drives her to physical and nervous breakdown. Yet Aamie, with the support of her Greek Chorus of celluloid dolls, ponders and overcomes these obstacles with an irrepressible tom-boy spirit. An intensely told story of a wartime childhood, this book is a reminder of how children's emotional lives play out against the horror and destruction of war.