Book
The kommandant's girl / Pam Jenoff.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780778308799 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: 383 pages ; 21 cm
- Publisher: Don Mills, Ontario : MIRA Books, [2019] ©2007
- Copyright: ©2007
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes an excerpt from The orphan's tale. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Jewish women > Poland > Kraków > Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 > Jewish resistance > Poland > Fiction. Nazis > Fiction. Double identity > Fiction. Kraków (Poland) > History > 20th century > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. Romance fiction. War fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Russell and District Regional Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Other Formats and Editions
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Binscarth Library | AF JEN (Text) | 36730000092049 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2007 February #2
Emma had lived in the closed orthodox Jewish community of Krakow, Poland, until she began working at the university library and met Jacob. He sweeps her off her feet, and they marry on the eve of the Nazi invasion. Jacob immediately leaves to join the Jewish underground, and Emma returns to her family, now locked in the Jewish ghetto. Jacob provides false papers, enabling Emma to become Anna Lipowski and move in with his Catholic aunt Krysia, posing as her niece. Krysia works for the underground while maintaining her status as a leader in the arts community. During a dinner party, Emma/Anna is introduced to Nazi Kommadant Richwalder. Smitten, he asks her to come work for him. She agrees, knowing such access will aid the underground, and even becomes intimate with the enemy to gather information. In her moving first novel, Jenoff offers an insightful portrait of people forced into an untenable situation and succeeds in humanizing the unfathomable as well as the heroic. ((Reviewed February 15, 2007)) Copyright 2007 Booklist Reviews. - Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2006 August #1
With luminous simplicity, Jenoff's breathtaking debut chronicles the life of a young Jewish bride during the Nazi occupation of Krakw, Poland, in WWII. Emma Bau, a shy librarian, escapes the city's Jewish ghetto with the aid of the underground resistance movement that Jacob, her activist husband, has already joined. Emma assumes a new gentile identity as Anna Lipowski and goes to live with Jacob's elderly aunt, a wealthy Catholic widow who has also taken in Lukasz Izakowicz, the only surviving child of a famous rabbi and his murdered wife. As Anna, Emma catches the eye of Kommandant Georg Richwalder, second in charge of the General Government, at a dinner party. The handsome Nazi is so impressed by her German language skills (and her beauty) that he asks her to become his personal assistant. Emma accepts, hoping to secure valuable information for the resistance, but the chemistry between them presents challenges that test her loyalties to Jacob and her heart. This is historical romance at its finest. (Oct.)
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