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The Cut Out Girl: A Story of War and Family, Lost and Found: The Costa Book of the Year 2018

The Cut Out Girl: A Story of War and Family, Lost and Found: The Costa Book of the Year 2018


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About the Book

The last time Lien saw her parents was in The Hague when she was collected at the door by a stranger and taken to a foster family far away to be hidden from the Nazis. What was her side of the story, Bart van Es - a grandson of the couple who looked after Lien - wondered? What really happened during the war, and after?

So began an investigation that would consume and transform both Bart van Es's life and Lien's. The Cut Out Girl braids together a powerful recreation of Lien's harrowing childhood story with the present-day account of Bart's efforts to piece that story together. And it embraces the wider picture, too, for Holland was more cooperative in rounding up its Jews for the Nazis than any other Western European country. This is a story about the powerful love and challenges of foster families, and about the ways our most painful experiences - so crucial in defining us - can also be redefined.

About the Author :
Bart van Es was born in the Netherlands and is bilingual in English and Dutch. He now lives with his family in England. He is a Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of St Catherine's College.

Review :
Astonishing. Van Es has created a masterpiece of history and memoir, concluding on a note of reconciliation, hope and great love An extraordinary, harrowing story of loss, survival and love Deeply moving, this is a remarkable memoir Powerful . . . extraordinary Brought to life with family photographs and diary entries that add further impact to Lien's harrowing memories and testimony - this deeply affecting and fascinating story is guaranteed to haunt you Remarkable - the story of one traumatic childhood, deeply moving, and told with great dexterity, allowing the wisdoms of today to run parallel with the absorbing narrative of wartime events Compassionate and thoughtfully rendered, the book is both a memorable portrait of a remarkable woman and a testament to the healing power of understanding. A complex and uplifting tale A nuanced, moving, and unusual "hidden child" account Superb. This is a necessary book - painful, harrowing, tragic, but also uplifting Fascinating, beautifully written. Van Es carefully salvages Lien's story and creates a deeply moving and complex book about war, atrocity and human suffering Sensational and gripping . . . shedding light on some of the most urgent issues of our time Luminous, elegant, haunting - I read it straight through Deeply moving. Writes with an almost Sebaldian simplicity and understatement Harrowing and beautiful An awe-inspiring account of the tragedies and triumphs within the world of the Holocaust's "hide-away" children, and of the families who sheltered them The Cut Out Girl is a reminder of the extraordinary richness of archives and the treasures released by scholarly research An extraordinary story, harrowing, deeply affecting. This fascinating story is guaranteed to haunt you A moving story of personal and family history, with a scholar's objective eye for the bigger picture. Harrowing . . . profoundly moving


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780241285008
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Fig Tree
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 288
  • Sub Title: A Story of War and Family, Lost and Found: The Costa Book of the Year 2018
  • Width: 153 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0241285003
  • Publisher Date: 02 Aug 2018
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 21 mm
  • Weight: 353 gr


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