When Noa’s parents notice her growing belly she is forced to
flee her home. Sixteen and pregnant by a
German soldier, she resorts to cleaning at a train station as a means to survive. But when things become unsafe, she flees once
again. She is found by a member of the
traveling circus, Astrid, and brought to where the circus is. In order for her to stay, Noa needs to learn
to be an aerialist. Astrid would have to
be the one to teach her, but she knows what a time-consuming process that will
be and instantly starts to resent Noa.
Told in alternate point of views, this story tells how Noa
and Astrid find themselves at the Neuroff Circus. Although they meet under horrible
circumstances, they lean on each other to get through the nightmare that they’re
living.
This
is the first book I’ve read about circus life during WWII. I was unaware that the circus was used as a
safe haven for Jews during the Holocaust.
Clearly the author did much research and the way it was translated on
paper was seamless.
Both
emotional and empowering, The Orphan’s Tale is not one to be missed.
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About the author:
Pam
Jenoff was born in Maryland and raised outside Philadelphia. She
attended George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and Cambridge
University in England. She lives
outside Philadelphia with her husband and three children.
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