The world that we knew
(Book)

Includes bibliographical references (page 371-372)

Bklst 06/01/2019.

Kirkus 07/15/2019.

LJ 07/01/2019.

PW 07/29/2019.

"In Berlin in 1941, during humanity's darkest hour. three unforettable young women must act with courage and love to survive. At the time when the world changed, Hanni Kohn knows she must send her twelve-year-old daughter away to save her from the Nazi regime. She finds her way to a renowned rabbi, but it's his daughter, Ettie, who offers hope of salvation when she creates a mystical Jewish creature, a rare and unusual golem, who is sworn to protect Hanni's daughter, Lea. Once Ava is brought to life, she and Lea and Ettie become eternally entwined, their paths fated to cross, their fortunes linked. Lea and Ava travel from Paris, where Lea meets her soul mate, to a convent in easter France known for its silver roses, to a school in the mountaintop village where three thousand Jews were saved. Meanwhile, Ettie is in hiding, waiting to become the fighter she's always known she's destined to be. What does it mean to lose you mother? How much can one person sacrifice for love? In a world where evil can be found at every turn, we meet remarkable characters that take us on a stunning journey of loss and reistance, the fantastical and the mortal, in a place where all roads lead past the Angel of Death and love is never-ending." --book jacket.