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Eli's promise
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Eli's promise
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Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
343 pages ; 25 cm
Summary:
"A "fixer" in a Polish town during World War II, his betrayal of a Jewish family, and a search for justice 25 years later-by the winner of the National Jewish Book Award. Eli's Promise is a masterful work of historical fiction spanning three eras-Nazi-occupied Poland, the American Zone of post-war Germany, and Chicago at the height of the Vietnam War. Award-winning author Ronald H. Balson explores the human cost of war, the mixed blessings of survival, and the enduring strength of family bonds. 1939: Eli Rosen lives with his wife Esther and their young son in the Polish town of Lublin, where his family owns a construction company. As a consequence of the Nazi occupation, Eli's company is Aryanized, appropriated and transferred to Maximilian Poleski-an unprincipled profiteer who peddles favors to Lublin's subjugated residents. An uneasy alliance is formed; Poleski will keep the Rosen family safe if Eli will manage the business. Will Poleski honor his promise or will their relationship end in betrayal and tragedy? 1946: Eli resides with his son in a displaced persons camp in Allied-occupied Germany hoping for a visa to America. His wife has been missing since the war. One man is sneaking around the camps selling illegal visas; might he know what has happened to her? 1965: Eli rents a room in Albany Park, Chicago. He is on a mission. With patience, cunning, and relentless focus, he navigates unfamiliar streets and dangerous political backrooms, searching for the truth. Powerful and emotional, Ronald H. Balson's Eli's Promise is a rich, rewarding novel of World War II and a husband's quest for justice"--
Publication Info:
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2020.
Subject:
Holocaust survivors -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction
Jewish fiction
Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945 -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Survivors, Holocaust
German occupation, Poland, 1939-1945
Poland -- History -- German occupation, 1939-1945
Poland -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1939-1941
Soviet occupation, Poland, 1939-1941
SAILS ISBN:
9781250271464