Bøker av Jenna Blum

Her daughter, Trudy, was only three when she and her mother were liberated by an American soldier and went to live with him in Minnesota. Trudy's sole evidence of the past is an old photograph: a family portrait showing Anna, Trudy, and a Nazi officer, the Obersturmfuhrer of Buchenwald.

?When I say Jenna Blum's upcoming Woodrow on the Bench wrecked me and that I'm now sobbing eating all the chocolate, I mean it in the best way possible.??Jodi Picoult "Jenna Blum's wonderful moving memoir, is a ?girl and her dog? story for the ages!??Garth Stein, author of The Art of Racing in the RainThe New York Times and internationally bestselling author of Those Who Save Us pays tribute to her beloved black Lab, Woodrow, in this beautiful memoir that recalls the last six months of his life and the ways in which he taught her to live. ?For anyone who's ever loved an old dog.?Since she adopted him as a puppy fifteen years earlier, Jenna Blum and Woodrow have been inseparable. Known to many as ?the George Clooney of dogs? for his good looks and charm, Woodrow and his ?Mommoo? are fixtures in their Boston neighborhood. But Woodrow is aging. As he begins to fail, the true nature of his extraordinary relationship with Jenna is revealed. Jenna may be the dog parent, but it is Woodrow, with his amazing personality and trusting nature, who has much to teach her. A divorcée who has experienced her share of sadness and loss, Jenna discovers, over the months she spends caring for her ailing dog, what it is to be present in the moment, and what it truly means to love.Aided by an amazing group of friends and buoyed by the support of strangers, Jenna and Woodrow navigate these precious final days together with kindness, humor, and grace. Their unforgettable love story will reaffirm your belief in kindness, break your heart, and leave your spirit soaring.

In 1960s Manhattan, patrons flock to Masha's to savor its brisket Wellington and impeccable service, and to admire its dashing owner and head chef, Peter Rashkin. With his movie-star good looks and tragic past, Peter, a survivor of Auschwitz, is the most eligible bachelor in town. But he does not care for the parade of women who come to the restaurant hoping to catch his eye. He has resigned himself to a solitary life. Running Masha's consumes him, as does the terrible guilt of having survived the horrors of a Nazi death camp while his wife, Masha?the restaurant's namesake?and two young daughters perished.Then exquisitely beautiful June Bouquet, an up-and-coming young model, appears at the restaurant, piercing Peter's guard. Though she is twenty years his junior, the two begin a passionate, whirlwind courtship. When June unexpectedly becomes pregnant, Peter proposes, believing that beginning a new family with the woman he loves will allow him to let go of the atrocities of the past, even though he cannot forget all that he has lost. But over the next twenty years, the indelible sadness of those memories will overshadow Peter, his new wife, June, and their daughter, Elsbeth, transforming them in shocking, heartbreaking, and unexpected ways. The tale of a husband devastated by a grief he cannot name, a frustrated wife struggling to compete with a ghost she cannot banish, and a daughter sensitive to the pain of both, The Lost Family is a charming, funny, and elegantly bittersweet study of the repercussions of loss and love that spans a generation, from the 1960s to the 1980s. It is a vivid portrait of marriage, family, and the haunting grief of World War II.

Den tapte familien er et unikt og sjarmerende tidsbilde fra New York på 1960-, 70- og 80-tallet.Manhattan 1965: Fiffen strømmer til restauranten Masha's for å spise godt og for å beundre den flotte eieren Peter Rashkin. Han har en tragisk fortid - han har overlevd Auschwitz. Han er en ettertraktet ungkar, men har bestemt seg for å leve et liv i ensomhet. Å drive restauranten tar all hans tid, samtidig som han sliter med skyldfølelse fordi han selv overlevde grusomhetene i dødsleiren, mens kona Masha - som restauranten er oppkalt etter - og de to små døtrene omkom.Så dukker den vakre og lovende unge modellen June Bouquet opp i restauranten, og Peter blir vippet av pinnen. Kanskje vil han endelig klare å gi slipp på grusomhetene fra fortiden.

Trudy har bodd i USA siden hun var tre år. Før det bodde hun og moren i en liten landsby i Tyskland ikke langt fra konsentrasjonsleiren Buchenwald. Det eneste minnet hun har fra Tyskland er et gammelt fotografi som viser Trudy, moren og en nazioffiser. Moren har i 50 år nektet å fortelle om sine opplevelser under den annen verdenskrig, og Trudy som nå er professor i tysk historie begynner å grave i fortiden og avslører til slutt sannheten om morens liv.

The Lost Family is a charming, funny, and elegantly bittersweet study of the repercussions of loss and love that spans a generation, from the 1960s to the 1980s. It is a vivid portrait of marriage, family, and the haunting grief of World War II.