My Enemy's Cradle (Paperback)

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A young Jewish woman finds refuge from the terrors of WWII inside a Nazi birthing facility in this “gripping novel” set in war-torn Holland (Historical Novel Society).

Cyrla's neighbors have begun to whisper. Her cousin, Anneke, is pregnant. And she’s eligible for admission to the Lebensborn: a German maternity home for girls carrying Aryan babies. But Anneke's love, a German soldier, has disappeared. And she knows that Lebensborn babies are either released to their father's custody—or taken away.

Meanwhile, someone has discovered the truth of Cyrla’s identity. As a Polish Jew, she was sent to her Dutch relatives for safekeeping years ago. Now she must choose between certain discovery and posing as Anneke in the Lebensborn. But how can she take refuge in the enemy’s lair?

Mining a lost piece of history, author Sara Young takes readers deep inside the Nazi Lebensborn program. An elegy for the terrible choices women must sometimes make to survive, My Enemy’s Cradle is also a story of finding love, hope, and humanity in the darkest of times.

About the Author


Under the name Sara Pennypacker, SARA YOUNG has written seven books for children, including the acclaimed Stuart series (Stuart’s Cape) and Clementine. She lives on Cape Cod.

Praise For…


ADVANCE PRAISE FOR MY ENEMY'S CRADLE
 
"In the tradition of Leon Uris and other writers, Sara Young has written about the bitterness, fragility, and especially the resilience of human spirit under the shadow of the beast. Her characters, living in Holland at the beginning of the Holocaust, manage to find reason where there is no reason, as well as innocence and passion, love and longing. No one who has ever felt joy against reason will fail to hear Young's song." --Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of The Deep End Of The Ocean



Product Details
ISBN: 9780156034333
ISBN-10: 0156034336
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Publication Date: October 6th, 2008
Pages: 384
Language: English