Armando Lucas Correa Books

Before everything changed, young Hannah Rosenthal lived a charmed life. But in 1939, Berlin is transformed; her family's possessions are taken, and they are no longer welcome in their familiar surroundings. Hannah and her best friend, Leo Martin, make a pact to face whatever comes together. Hope arrives with the SS St. Louis, a ship offering Jews safe passage out of Germany. After a frantic visa search, the Rosenthals and Martins board the luxurious liner bound for Havana. Life aboard the St. Louis feels surreal, filled with masquerade balls and exquisite meals, but soon, ominous rumors from Cuba shatter their fragile sense of safety. As impossible choices arise and unthinkable sacrifices are made, the ship that once symbolized salvation threatens to become their doom. Decades later, in New York City, on her twelfth birthday, Anna Rosen receives a mysterious package from her great-aunt Hannah in Cuba. Its contents inspire Anna and her mother to journey to Havana to uncover their family's tragic past, a quest that will help Anna find her place and purpose in the world. The narrative spans from pre-war Berlin to revolutionary Cuba and post-9/11 New York, culminating in a deeply moving conclusion in present-day Havana.

The internationally bestselling author of The German Girl delivers an unforgettable family saga of love and redemption during World War II, based on the true story of the Nazi massacre of a French village in 1944.

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.

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.