Name: The Lost Wife
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Author: Alyson Richman
ISBN: 9781444730203

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Physical Book

Author

Alyson Richman

Publisher

Hodder And Stoughton Ltd.

Synopsis "The Lost Wife "

There on her forearm, next to a small brown birthmark, were six tattooed numbers. 'Do you remember me now?' he asked, trembling. She looked at him again, as if giving weight and bone to a ghost. 'Lenka, it's me,' he said. 'Josef. Your husband.' During the last moments of calm in prewar Prague, Lenka, a young art student, falls in love with Josef. They marry - but soon, like so many others, they are torn apart by the currents of war. In America Josef becomes a successful obstetrician and raises a family, though he never forgets the wife he thinks died in the camps. But in the Nazi ghetto of Terezin - and later in Auschwitz - Lenka has survived, relying on her skills as an artist and the memories of a husband she believes she will never see again. Now, decades later, an unexpected encounter in New York brings Lenka and Josef back together. From the comfort of life in Prague before the occupation to the horrors of Nazi Europe, The Lost Wife explores the endurance of first love, the resilience of the human spirit and our capacity to remember.

Alyson Richman

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She is a renowned bestselling author, with notable works including The Last Van Gogh and The Garden of Letters; she is also a talented painter who graduated from Wellesley College with a degree in Art History and Japanese Culture. Her novels, which have been translated into more than eighteen languages, blend her deep love for art, history, and travel. She lives on Long Island with her husband and two children.

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