The most precious of cargoes
Grumberg, Jean-Claude, 1939-2021
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In the gentle tone of a fable, Jean-Claude Grumberg's The Most Precious of Cargoes tells the moving story of a woman who wanted a child, and a child who needed a home. Once upon a time in an enormous forest, there lived a poor woodcutter and his wife. Around them a war wages, and hunger is a constant companion. Yet every night, the woodcutter's 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 woodcutter's wife finds a bundle, a baby girl wrapped in a shawl. She knows that this little girl will be hunted, but she cannot ignore this gift: she will accept the precious cargo, and raise her as her own.
Main title:
The most precious of cargoes / by Jean-Claude Grumberg.
Author:
Grumberg, Jean-Claude, 1939-Wynne, Frank, translator
Imprint:
London : Picador, 2021.
Collation:
104 pages ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Translated from the French.
ISBN:
9781529019568 (hardback)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
403454
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