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272 pp.
| HarperCollins |
May, 2000 |
TradeISBN 0-688-16283-5$$15.95
(4)
4-6
Translated by Terese Edelstein.
During the Nazi occupation of Holland, two young sisters are hidden in a series of private homes, ultimately living with a childless man who makes puppets and performs as a clown. Though occasionally sentimental in tone, the present-tense prose provides immediacy to the story. Unfortunately, the two protagonists have interchangeable personalities and never come alive as individual characters.