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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     More Content       More by this author     Carter, Betsy, 1945-     Subjects     Refugees -- Fiction.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees -- Fiction.     Jewish refugees -- United States -- Fiction.     World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Fiction.     Jews -- New York (State) -- Fiction.     Jewish families -- Fiction.     Friendship -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Carter, Betsy, 1945-       by title:      We were strangers on...       by call number:      FICTION CAR     Search the Web     Carter, Betsy, 1945-     Refugees -- Fiction.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees -- Fiction.     Jewish refugees -- United States -- Fiction.     World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Fiction.     Jews -- New York (State) -- Fiction.     Jewish families -- Fiction.     Friendship -- Fiction.       MARC Display

We were strangers once : a novel / Betsy Carter. by Carter, Betsy, 1945- Grand Central Publishing, 2017. Call #: FICTION CAR Subjects Refugees -- Fiction.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees -- Fiction.   Jewish refugees -- United States -- Fiction.   World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Fiction.   Jews -- New York (State) -- Fiction.   Jewish families -- Fiction.   Friendship -- Fiction. ISBN:  9781455571437 (hc.) Description:  327 p. ; 24 cm. Summary:  "For readers of The Nightingale and, an exquisitely moving novel about friendship, love, and redemption in a circle of immigrants who flee Europe for 1930s-era New York City. On the eve of World War II Egon Schneider--a gallant and successful Jewish doctor, son of two world-famous naturalists--escapes Germany to an uncertain future across the sea. Settling into the unfamiliar rhythms of upper Manhattan, he finds solace among a tight-knit group of fellow immigrants, tenacious men and women drawn together as much by their differences as by their memories of the world they left behind. They each suffer degradations and triumphs large and small: Egon's terminally acerbic lifelong friend, bestselling author Meyer Leavitt, now wears a sandwich board on a New York street corner; Catrina Harty, the headstrong daughter of a dirt-poor Irish trolley driver, survives heartbreak and loss to forge an unlikely alliance; and Egon himself is forced to abandon his thriving medical practice to become the "Cheese Man" at a Washington Heights grocery. But their spirits remain unbroken, and when their little community is faced with an existential threat, these strangers rise up together in hopes of creating a permanent home. With her uncanny ability to create indelible characters in unforgettable circumstances, Betsy Carter has crafted a gorgeous novel that will resonate with anyone who has ever felt adrift and longed for home."--From publisher. Genre:  Historical fiction. Jewish fiction. Literary fiction. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Fiction FICTION CAR Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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