The Good American: A Novel Based On True Events - Couverture souple

Mandel, Ursula Maria

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0595160328 ISBN 13 : 9780595160327

Editeur : iUniverse, 2001

Synopsis

The last thing Major Ted Whitman expected in the summer of 1948 was to fall in love with Ruth Karstens, a destitute but spirited young widow with two small children. Recently divorced and newly stationed in Germany, his mind is set on a career as a fighter pilot. But when Ruth stands before him in her mended dress and her proud demeanor, begging him get her passage to war-torn Berlin, he falls hard and is ready to do anything to help her. The Russians are about to blockade the city, and Ruth is determined to get her sister's child out before that happens. Fate, however, has other plans. Just as her train pulls out of the city, the Russians start the blockade, stop all transportation, and leave her stranded. Confident that ingenuity and pluck will help her to survive the journey home through enemy territory with a five-year-old, Ruth sets out on foot.

Forty years later, fate brings Ted's son Alex and Ruth's daughter Penelope together. The memories they share of their parents weave a tapestry of courage, sacrifice, and of a love strong enough to survive insurmountable odds.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ursula Maria Mandel lives and writes in a house on a hill with a view. She has previously published essays on Franz Kafka and on the fearless young life of polio victim Misti Washington.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

The manuscript of a novel, written by the daughter of his father's mistress and reconstructed from a childhood memory, becomes the catalyst of change for a man who cannot forgive his father's infidelity. The manuscript tells the story of a young American pilot and a destitute by spirited young mother who, in 1948, doesn't take no for an answer when she decides to whisk her sister's small daughter out of Berlin before the Russians blockade the city.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: iUniverse
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0595160328
• ISBN 13: 9780595160327
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 264
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Buchpark GmbH; gpsr@buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Allemagne