The Puzzle King
Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2009.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 344 pages ; 22 cm
Here's a memorable tale of two unlikely heroes: the lively, beautiful Flora and her husband, the brooding, studious Simon, two immigrants, both sent to America by their families to find a better life. An improbable match, they meet in New York City and fall in love. Simon--inventor of the jigsaw puzzle--eventually makes his fortune. Now wealthy, Flora and Simon become obsessed with rescuing those they left behind in Europe, loved ones whose fates will be determined by growing anti-Semitism on both sides of the Atlantic.
The Puzzle King explores a fascinating moment in history with a cast of characters who endure with dignity, grace, and hope for the future.
Subjects:
Immigrants -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
Jews -- Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Fiction.
Immigrants -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
Jews -- Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Fiction.
ISBN:
1565125940
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F Carter | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Fiction | In |