Overview
Finalist for the 2017 Book of the Year Award by the Chicago Writers Association
āA book that is hard to put down.ā
āJerusalem Post
āThis book confirms Annette Gendler as an indispensable Jewish voice for our time."
āYossi Klein Halevi, author of Like Dreamers
"The ghosts of the past haunt a womanās search for herself in this thoughtful, poignant memoir about the transformative power of love and faith.ā
āHillary Jordan, author ofĀ Mudbound, now a Netflix movie
āAn exquisitely written conversion story which expounds upon personal and collective identity.ā āWashington Independent Review of Books
āA compelling, gracefully written memoir about the impact of the past on the present.ā
āMichael Steinberg, author of Still Pitching
History was repeating itself when Annette fell in love with Harry, a Jewish man, the son of Holocaust survivors, in Germany in 1985. Her Great-Aunt Resi had been married to a Jew in Czechoslovakia before World War IIāa marriage that, while happy, put the entire family in mortal danger once the Nazis took over their hometown in 1938.
Annette and Harryās love, meanwhile, was the ultimate nightmare for Harryās family. Not only was their son considering marrying a non-Jew, but a German. Weighed down by the burdens of their family histories, Annette and Harry kept their relationship secret for three years, until they could forge a path into the future and create a new life in Chicago. Annette found a spiritual home in Judaismāa choice that paved the way toward acceptance by Harryās family, and redemption for some of the wounds of her own familyās past.
This book title, Jumping Over Shadows (A Memoir), ISBN: 9781631521706, by Annette Gendler, published by She Writes Press (April 4, 2017) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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