Рональд Х. Бэлсон - циклы книг | Бумажные издания

La vicenda è ambientata a Chicago in anni recenti e descrive il coraggio di una giovane donna avvocato che accetta, dopo mille ripensamenti, di tutelare legalmente un anziano emigrante polacco, sopravvissuto all'Olocausto. Questa decisione, che la opporrà ad uno dei personaggi più influenti della città e a tutte le macchinazioni politiche volte ad ostacolarla, compromette inesorabilmente la sua carriera professionale, ma la aiuta a ritrovare un equilibrio emotivo che aveva da tempo smarrito. Le dichiarazioni che l'anziano signore rilascia al suo giovane avvocato costituiscono la rievocazione degli eventi che hanno funestato la sua giovinezza durante le persecuzioni naziste alla comunità ebraica. Il serrato e drammatico epilogo è degno dei migliori romanzi gialli.

From the author of Once We Were Brothers comes a saga inspired by true events of a Holocaust survivor’s quest to fulfill a promise, return to Poland and find two sisters lost during World War II.

Lena Woodward, an elderly woman, enlists the help of both lawyer Catherine Lockhart and private investigator Liam Taggart to appraise the story of her harrowing past in Nazi occupied Poland. At the same time, Lena’s son Arthur presents her with a hefty lawsuit under the pretense of garnering her estate—and independence—for his own purposes. Where these stories intersect is through Lena’s dubious account of her life in war-torn Poland, and her sisterhood with a childhood friend named Karolina. Lena and Karolina struggled to live through the atrocity of the Holocaust, and at the same time harbored a courageous, yet mysterious secret of maternity that has troubled Lena throughout her adult life. In telling her story to Catherine and Liam, Lena not only exposes the realities of overcoming the horrors of the Holocaust, she also comes to terms with her own connection to her dark past.

Karolina’s Twins is a tale of survival, love, and resilience in more ways than one. As Lena recounts her story, Catherine herself also recognizes the unwavering importance of family as she prepares herself for the arrival of her unborn child. Through this association and many more, both Lena and Catherine begin to cherish the dogged ties that bind not only families and children, but the entirety of mankind.

Вторая мировая война. Оккупированная Польша. Поезд везет тысячи людей в концлагерь — на верную смерть. Подруги Лена и Каролина прижимают к груди новорожденных близнецов Каролины. Отчаявшаяся молодая мать решается на безумный поступок. Укутав малышей потеплее, она сбрасывает их с поезда…

В лагере Каролина умирает, а Лена дает слово позаботиться о детях. Прошли годы, но обещание не дает Лене покоя. И она начинает поиски... Но чтобы отыскать близнецов, ей придется раскрыть собственные тайны, которые она хранила всю жизнь…