The paradise ghetto
O'Connell, Fergus2016
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A powerful story of betrayal, love, and imagination set against the horrific backdrop of the Second World War. Julia and Suzanne, two Jewish girls from the Netherlands, are rounded up by the Nazis and transported to the ghetto of Theresienstadt. Although their world views are wildly different - Julia is jaded and bitter, Suzanne naive and optimistic - they become each other's closest confidants as they experience the horrors of the journey to 'The Paradise Ghetto'. The girls use a precious smuggled notebook to write a story, each contributing to an alternate reality that takes them away from the horrors of their daily lives, but there soon comes a point when reality can no longer be held at bay. People are being deported to Auschwitz, and if the girls' names end up on the lists of deportees there will be no return. Is there a chance of escaping that fate - and at what cost?
Main title:
The paradise ghetto / Fergus O'Connell.
Author:
O'Connell, Fergus, author
Work:
Imprint:
Abercynon : Accent Press Ltd, 2016.Abercynon : Accent Press Ltd, 2016.
Collation:
384 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781786150431 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.92FICTION
Language:
English
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BRN:
2345711