Título: Once We Were Home: A Novel
Autor: Jennifer Rosner
Sinopse: National Jewish Book Award Finalist · Association of Jewish Libraries Fiction Honor Book
"This forgotten history of displaced WWII children and the return to their roots [is] captivating, thought-provoking, enlightening, and bittersweet." ―Alka Joshi, New York Times bestselling author of The Henna Artist
"Rosner is one of my favorite authors." ―Lisa Scottoline, #1 bestselling author of Eternal
From the award-winning author of The Yellow Bird Sings, comes a novel based on the true stories of children stolen in the wake of World War II.
When your past is stolen, where do you belong?
Ana 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.
Roger 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.
Renata, 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.
Two 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.
Beautifully evocative and tender, filled with both luminosity and anguish, Once We Were Home 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.
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “Once We Were Home: A Novel”, de Jennifer Rosner, publicado pela editora Flatiron Books, em 2024 e com 288 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: Flatiron Books
Páginas: 288
Ano: 2024
Edição:
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 125085556X
ISBN13: 9781250855565
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Flatiron Books trazem uma experiência de leitura marcada pela diversidade de vozes e temas, transitando entre narrativas intensas e reflexivas. O catálogo apresenta desde ficções imersivas com mitologias reimaginadas e dramas familiares complexos, até obras de não ficção que exploram saúde, ativismo e histórias reais impactantes. O tom varia do suspense psicológico a relatos inspiradores, com ritmo que pode ser tanto acelerado e cheio de reviravoltas quanto contemplativo e didático. Essa variedade sugere um público leitor interessado tanto em histórias que provocam emoção quanto em textos que ampliam o conhecimento e o olhar crítico.
