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It's Hungary 1944. The war comes late to Budapest. Nineteen-year-old Marika, forced out of nursing school, believes she and her Jewish family will remain safe, even as Nazi soldiers fill their cobbled streets. With Russians to their east, the Allies to their west, everyone assumes the war is nearly over. Her father, once a prominent engineer, returns to his passion for puppet making. Soon, she is pulled into the resistance to rescue orphans and displaced Jews while keeping her family one step ahead of Eichmann's extermination plans. As the world turns dark around her, the fanatical Arrow Cross Party, a ruthless group that listens to no one including the Germans, unleashes a killing spree on the remaining Jews of Europe. One day, as peril intensifies, she must make a decision that puts her in extreme danger to save herself, her family, and the orphans she's sheltered. Will she regret that moment for the rest of her life? This a heartbreakingly beautiful novel that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the durability of family even if the members are patched together with remnants of other shattered lives.

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"2022 New York City Big Book WINNER 2022 Independent Author Network (IAN) FINALIST 2022 Shortlist for the Selfie Award by Publisher's Weekly 2021 FINALIST Self-Published Review Contest ""What makes this novel different is its depiction of the way the local population turned on their neighbours and the murders carried out by the Hungarian Fascist party, the Arrow Cross...The human spirit cannot be crushed, and those who died will live on in the hearts of those who survived and their descendants."" Alan Bardos, reviewer for The Historical Novel Society ""Jay's account reminds us of the resilience of the human spirit and the durability of family, even if its members are patched together with remnants of other shattered lives. Her characters have depth and the facts and fiction mesh seamlessly."" NetGalley Reviewer"

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