The Belief in Angels [electronic resource] : Adapted for Young Adults
Dylan Yates2014
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Jules Finn and Szaja Trautman know that sorrow can sink deeplyso deeply it can
drown the soul. Growing up in her parents' crazy hippie household on a tiny
island off the coast of Boston, Jules's imaginative sense of humor is the weapon
she wields as a defense against the chaos of her family's household. Somewhere
between routine discipline with horsewhips, gun-waving gambling debt collectors,
and LSD-laced breakfast cereal adventures, tragedy strikes a blow from which
Jules may never recover. Jules's story alternates with that of her grandfather,
Szaja, an orthodox Jew who survives the murderous Ukranian pogroms of the 1920s,
the Majdanek death camp, and the torpedoing of the Mefkura, a ship carrying
refugees to Palestine. Unable to deal with the horrors he endures at the camp,
Szaja develops a dissociative disorder and takes on the persona of a dead
soldier from a burial ditch, using that man's thoughts to devise a plan to
escape to America. While Szaja's and Jules's sorr...
Main title:
Author:
Dylan Yates, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Indie Author Project Select, 2014
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Audience:
Young Adult
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780996382519
Language:
English
BRN:
433329
Electronic access:
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |