Wednesday, March 13, 2019

In Another Time by Jillian Cantor FIC CAN

Another novel set in Europe during WWII.  I just can't seem to get enough of them!   The book also jumps to the 1940's and 1950's.  It begins with a brief introduction to Hanna. In 1958 she is playing her violin in an orchestra in NYC.  She makes reference to the time in Germany she stumbled into a church in very bad shape.  But the worse part of her condition is that she has lost ten years of her life.  She was told that no doubt it was caused by a great trauma.
      And then the story returns to the Germany of 1931.  Although her family is Jewish and they are beginning to see and more signs of hatred towards Jews they can't imagine anything bad happening to them in their own country.   It is also the time that she meets Max.  He is the owner of a bookshop that was left to him by his father.  The economy is bad - especially for someone selling books.  To better his future prospects he decides to take some classes at the University.  It is there that he enters  a building by mistake and hears the most beautiful violin music.  After following the sound he sees Hanna practicing on a stage.  And thus begins a love story. But remember -- "true love never runs smooth". That is especially true during the rise of Hitler and the war.    I really enjoyed this book!

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