Steil, Jennifer
Summary: "An atmospheric and meditative novel based on an unexplored slice of World War II history, following a young Jewish girl whose family flees refined and urbane Vienna for safe harbor in the mountains of Bolivia. As a young girl growing up in Vienna in the 1930s, Orly has an idyllic childhood filled with music. Her father plays the viola in the Philharmonic, her mother is a well-regarded opera...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STESteil, Jennifer.
Summary: Traces the author's year spent in Yemen's capital city, Sana'a, where she worked as the editor of the "Yemen Observer," documenting her efforts to teach balanced journalism to her staff, and her appreciation for the strength of Arab women in a completely male-dominated society.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 STEIL, JENNIFER STESteil, Jennifer.
Summary: From a real-life ambassador's wife comes a harrowing novel about the kidnapping of an American woman in the Middle East and the heartbreaking choices she and her husband each must make in the hope of being reunited.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2015