The baker's daughter: a novel
Littérature générale (romans)
Audio avec voix humaine
Résumé
1945. German teenager Elsie Schmidt has been protected from the ravages of war by a high-ranking Nazi who wishes to marry her, but then an escaped Jewish boy arrives on her doorstep. Sixty years later, in El Paso, Texas, Reba… Adams is working on an interview with the owner of Elsie’s German Bakery, while trying to overcome a turbulent childhood and maintain her relationship with her fiancé Riki Chavez, a Border Patrol agent. As Elsie, Reba, and Riki’s lives become more intertwined, all are forced to confront the uncomfortable truths of the past and seek out the courage to forgive. Some descriptions of sex and violence. 2012.