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Shadows of a Childhood: A Novel of War and Friendship
by Elisabeth Gille (Translator: Linda Coverdale)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: New Press (1998-03)
ISBN: 1565843886
EAN: 9781565843882
Dewy Decimal #: 843.914
Hardcover: 138 pages
SKU: SA082210
Condition: Used: Good
Comments: Exactly as shown, Ex Library copy with usual stamps and stickers. Clear, protective mylar covering over dust jacket. Book itself is bound strong, has little wear and text is clean and unmarked.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
A "riveting" (Publishers Weekly) and "unforgettable" (Kirkus Reviews) novel of war and friendship. Praised by the New York Times as "unsettling and uncompromising," this winner of France's 1997 Grand Prix des Lectrices is a fictionalized account of one individual's -- and one country's -- coming to terms with World War II. La and Benedicte are five and seven when they are hidden together in a convent in Bordeaux in the 1940s. They become inseparable, sharing everything except the secrets of their parents' disappearances. After the war, Benedicte's world returns to normal while La, marked by childhood memories she cannot escape, undertakes a devastating search for the truth. Hailed as a "novel of understated grace and enormous power" by Library Journal, this is a book destined to take its place alongside The Diary of Anne Frank.
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Customer Reviews
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Haunting, unforgettable, and compelling book
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-04-05
3 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
I just finished reading this compelling book and I must say it will be imprinted in my mind for a long time to come. It is a unique look at the lives of two youth during the WW2 war in France. It reveals some of the impact on their lives in a most unsual way. The separation and possible loss of their parents is something I do not think has been touched in such a soul searching account before by children who were not held captive by the Nazis. This book speaks to that subject and the profound effect it had on the characters in the book.Since this is based on the life of the author it is all the more moving and tragic. The literary skills of the daughter evoke the same skills of her mother who wrote Suite Francais.
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A novel of war and friendship
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-05-30
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
When I finished reading Suite Francaise I became interested in Irene Nemirowsky and came across this book written by her daughter, Elisabeth Gille. It is a short and heartbreaking story of the waste, horror and senselessness of war and its aftermath. I highy recommend it.
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Great book
Rating (5)
Date: 2001-01-18
3 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
I loved this book because of how it showed that not only did the Nazis wreak havoc on the people they killed but also the lives of These families
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