Armando Lucas Correa Livres

The author tells about what he and his partner of 25 years went through to become parents, the details about surrogacy, and the experience of being parents

The German Girl sweeps from Berlin at the brink of WWII to Cuba on the cusp of revolution, to New York in the wake of September 11th, before reaching its deeply moving conclusion in the tumult of present-day Havana. Based on a true story, this wonderful novel gives voice to the joys and sorrows of generations of exiles, forever seeking a place called home. Before everything changed, Hannah Rosenthallived a charmed life. But now the streets of Berlin are draped in swastikas and Hannah is no longer welcome in the places she once considered home. A glimmer of hope appears in the shape of the St Louis, a transatlantic liner that promises Jews safe passage to Cuba. The Rosenthals sell everything to fund visas and tickets. At first the liner feels like luxury, but as they travel the circumstances of war change, and it soon becomes their prison. Seven decades later in New York, on her twelfth birthday Anna Rosen receives a package from Hannah, the great-aunt she never met but who raised her deceased father. Anna and her mother immediately travel to Cuba to meet this elderly relative, and for the first time Hannah tells them the untold story of her voyage on the St Louis. 'The German Girltells a horrific story in profoundly human terms, and one ends up totally gripped and absorbed in the history' Julia Neuberger, author of On Being Jewish

Four generations of women experience love, loss, war, and hope from the rise of Nazism to the Cuban Revolution and finally, the fall of the Berlin Wall... Berlin, 1931: Ally Keller, a talented young poet, is alone and scared when she gives birth to a mixed-race daughter she names Lilith. As the Nazis rise to power, Ally knows she must keep her baby in the shadows to protect her against Hitler's deadly ideology of Aryan purity. But as she grows, it becomes more and more difficult to keep Lilith hidden... Havana, 1958: Lilith has few memories of her mother or her childhood in Germany. But as the flames of revolution ignite, Lilith and her newborn daughter, Nadine, find themselves at a terrifying crossroads. Berlin, 1988: As a scientist in Berlin, Nadine is dedicated to ensuring the dignity of the remains of all those who were murdered by the Nazis. Yet she has spent her entire lifetime avoiding the truth about her own family's history. It will fall to her daughter Luna to come to terms with a shocking betrayal that changes everything she thought she knew about her family's past. Separated by time but united by sacrifice, four women embark on journeys of self-discovery and find themselves to be living testaments to the power of motherly love. Translated by Nick Caistor and Faye Williams. Additional translation by Cecilia Molinari.

"BERLIN, 1939. The dreams that Amanda Sternberg and her husband, Julius, had for their daughters are shattered when the Nazis descend on Berlin, burning down their beloved family bookshop and sending Julius to a concentration camp. Desperate to save her children, Amanda flees toward the south of France, where the widow of an old friend of her husband's has agreed to take her in. Along the way, a refugee ship headed for Cuba offers another chance at escape and there, at the dock, Amanda is forced to make an impossible choice that will haunt her for the rest of her life. Once in Haute-Vienne, her brief respite is interrupted by the arrival of Nazi forces, and Amanda finds herself in a labor camp where she must once again make a heroic sacrifice. NEW YORK, 2015. Eighty-year-old Elise Duval receives a call from a woman bearing messages from a time and country that she forced herself to forget. A French Catholic who arrived in New York after World War II, Elise is shocked to discover that the letters were from her mother, written in German during the war. Despite Elise's best efforts to stave off her past, seven decades of secrets begin to unravel. Based on true events, The Daughter's Tale chronicles one of the most harrowing atrocities perpetrated by the Nazis during the war. Heart-breaking and immersive, it is a beautifully crafted family saga of love, survival, and redemption, "--Amazon

New York, 2015: Ve svých osmdesáti letech obdrží Elise Duvalová telefonát od ženy přinášející vzkaz z doby a místa, na které už dávno zapomněla. Elise, francouzská katolička, která přišla do New Yorku na konci druhé světové války, s úžasem zjistí, že dopisy, které jí neznámá žena přivezla z Kuby, napsala německy za války její matka. Přes veškerou její snahu zavrhnout vlastní minulost začnou vycházet na světlo světa sedm desetiletí stará tajemství. Berlín, 1939: Budoucnost, kterou si Amanda Sternbergová a její muž Julius vysnili pro své dvě dcery, se zhroutí s nástupem Adolfa Hitlera do čela země. Knihkupkyně Amanda prchá z nacistického Německa na jih Francie se svými dvěma malými dcerami, ale do Haute-Vienne přijíždí jen s jednou z nich. Po chvíli iluzorní svobody jsou zajaty a odvezeny do tábora nucených prací. Román Zapomenutá dcera, založený na skutečných událostech, je kronikou jednoho z nejotřesnějších zvěrstev, kterých se nacisté během druhé světové války dopustili v okupované Francii.

Una novela que entrelaza la vida de Hannah Rosenthal en Berlín en 1939 y la historia de su tía abuela Anna, en Nueva York décadas después. A través del viaje de Anna para descubrir su pasado familiar, se exploran temas de amor, pérdida y la búsqueda de identidad en medio de la tragedia histórica.

Berlin, 1939. Für die jüdische Bevölkerung wird das Leben immer schwieriger. Wer kann, bringt sich in Sicherheit. Auch Amanda Sternberg beschließt, ihre Töchter mit der MS ST. LOUIS nach Kuba zu schicken. Am Hafen kann sie sich jedoch nicht von der kleinen Lina trennen. So vertraut sie nur die sechsjährige Viera einem allein reisenden Ehepaar an und flieht mit Lina nach Frankreich. Doch es dauert nicht lange, bis die Gräueltaten der Nationalsozialisten auch ihre neue Heimat erreichen ...

Vier Frauen, vier Generationen und Entscheidungen, die ein Leben prägen Was, wenn mein Kind nur dann leben kann, wenn ich es weggebe? Die junge Schriftstellerin Ally steht vor genau dieser Frage. Ihre Tochter Lilith ist hochintelligent, doch Hitlers Rassenideologie spricht Mischlingskindern wie ihr jegliches Existenzrecht ab. Schweren Herzens schickt Ally sie mit einem jüdischen Ehepaar ins sichere Kuba, während sie selbst zurückbleibt. Jahre später steht Lilith auf Kuba vor derselben Entscheidung, denn ihr Mann Martin wird von den Männern Fidel Castros verfolgt und getötet. Auch sie sieht sich gezwungen, ihre Tochter, Nadine, in Sicherheit zu bringen. Lange herrscht Schweigen - bis Nadines Tochter Luna es wagt, sich auf die Suche nach ihren Wurzeln zu machen. Was sie über die Geschichte ihrer Familie erfährt, bewegt sie zutiefst ... Liebe und Verlust, Krieg und Hoffnung - vom Aufstieg des Nationalsozialismus über die kubanische Revolution bis zum Fall der Berliner Mauer Ein besonderer Roman von eindringlicher Intensität, der lange im Gedächtnis bleibt