The most precious of cargoes, a tale, Jean-Claude Grumberg ; translated from the French by Frank Wynne
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The most precious of cargoes, a tale, Jean-Claude Grumberg ; translated from the French by Frank Wynne
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fiction
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The most precious of cargoes
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1196908120
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Jean-Claude Grumberg ; translated from the French by Frank Wynne
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a tale
Summary
A fairytale-like novel set during the height of World War II finds a childless, impoverished woodcutter's wife risking her safety to take in and protect a Jewish baby, a twin abandoned under desperate circumstancesWorld War II. In an enormous forest a woodcutter and his wife find it difficult to put food on the table. Yet every night, his wife prays for a child. A Jewish father rides on a train holding twin babies. His wife no longer has enough milk to feed both children. In hopes of saving them both, he wraps his daughter in a shawl and throws her into the forest. While foraging for food, the wife finds a baby girl wrapped in a shawl. Although she knows harboring this baby could lead to her death, she takes the child home. -- adapted from jacket
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- Novels
- Holocauste, 1939-1945 -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Historical fiction
- French fiction
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Fiction
- Abandoned children -- Fiction
- Childlessness -- Fiction
- French fiction -- Translations into English
- World War, 1939-1945 + Jews -- Fiction
- Jewish children in the Holocaust -- Fiction
- Enfants juifs pendant l'Holocauste -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 + Juifs -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Romans
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- Novels
- Holocauste, 1939-1945 -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Historical fiction
- French fiction
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Fiction
- Abandoned children -- Fiction
- Childlessness -- Fiction
- French fiction -- Translations into English
- World War, 1939-1945 + Jews -- Fiction
- Jewish children in the Holocaust -- Fiction
- Enfants juifs pendant l'Holocauste -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 + Juifs -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Romans
- Content1
- Author1
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