There Must Be an Ocean Between Us: Letters of Separation and Survival

by Thea K Lindauer

Book Overview

As the growing specter of Nazi anti-Semitism threatens a German Jewish family's existence, they send their twelve-year-old daughter to safety in America. The letters written by Sam Kahn to his daughter, Thea, in Chicago, and her vivid recollections of that time in her young life, form a tiny, yet poignantly personal portrait of an era of constant dread.

There Must Be an Ocean between Us records a father's innermost fears, not only for his...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 059545240X
• ISBN13: 9780595452408
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Snapshot

Picked up this book after reading an article on local authors. Easy read - nicely intertwined with the letters from the author's father, her current recall on the days around each letter and periodic timelines to provide a frame of reference on current events.