Elyce Wakerman - A Tale of Two Citizens

It is 1929. At home, economic depression and dust storms ravage America, and abroad, the goose step of Nazism is intensifying. Widespread fear of “the other” has reached a fever pitch. Against this tumultuous backdrop, two families share the spotlight in this sweeping saga: the Himelbaums of Poland, and the Browns of Iowa. All Harry Himelbaum wants is to live somewhere happy, and to send for the wife and child he must deny having. But Will Brown stands in the way. Will is a young, zealously patriotic Iowa lawyer, who has dedicated himself to staunchly upholding the nation’s laws and keeping his America pure. Little does he expect that his childhood sweetheart and new wife, Barbara, would form a romantic attachment for Harry, the man he’s sworn to keep out. Based on the true story of the author’s father, A Tale of Two Citizens is a heart-wrenching portrayal of an America torn between being a symbol of hope for immigrants and a proud nation fighting to re-create itself.

Elyce Wakerman is the author of Father Loss: Daughters Discuss the Man That Got Away, which captures the immediate and long-term effects of a father’s absence. She lives in Sherman Oaks, California.

 

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Corte Madera, CA 94925
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ISBN: 9781631580147
Published: Yucca - February 17th, 2015