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312 pp.
| Dutton |
May, 2002 |
TradeISBN 0-525-46863-3$$19.99
(1)
YA
Seventeen-year-old Jacob visits the family in Amsterdam that helped his grandfather during WWII. As he hears bits and pieces of a gripping story about a love affair between the young maiden, Geertrui, and an English soldier, Jacob recognizes himself in his grandparents and in the now-terminally-ill Geertrui, as well as in various companions and lovers. The reader closes the novel resolved not to prettify human choices, nor simplify them.
Reviewer: Grace McKinney
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
July, 2002