When the book reappears, featured in a newspaper in 2005, about 65 years after she has last seen it, Eva feels compelled to find it at once and finally get some answers to her long awaited questions. In an effort to keep the memory of these children’s real identities, Eva and Remy kept records in the Book of Lost Names. While waiting at the lodge house, sooner or later, Eva found herself a crucial part of this network: working alongside Remy, forging all kinds of identification documents, ration cards, and baptismal certificates for young Jewish children. However, Eva was met with some unexpected circumstances that sent the rest of the story on a different path.Īt the seemingly quiet town of Aurignon, Resistance forces churned behind many innocent doors, and allies were hidden beneath alcoves and Churches, right under Nazi watch. According to their plan, they would go to Switzerland in due time. Fearing for their lives, they decided to flee to a small town in the Free Zone. Using her artistic skills, she forged identification documents for herself and her mother. The story follows the main character, Eva Traube, -a Jew living in France in 1942- and a handsome forger named Remy, as they work for the secret Resistance network right under Nazi watch.Īfter the arrest of her father, Eva found herself in danger. The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel is a fast paced, historical fiction novel set during World War II, as well as 2005.
Eva froze, only two thoughts running rampant in her brain: one of the book they shared, and one of him. One she had not seen in 65 years, but could never forget. She was occupied with shelving books when her eyes were met with a familiar sight. A usual morning at the library for Eva Traube Abrams. Kristin Harmel, whose work has been called “immersive and evocative” (Publishers Weekly), “absorbing…well-paced and warmhearted” (Kirkus Reviews), and “absolutely enthralling” (Fresh Fiction), infuses her poignant, uplifting novella with a dash of magic and a hefty dose of heart.Her day started off as they always did. Thus begins a heartbreaking and joyful journey of love, friendship, and self-discovery, as the brave nurse only truly learns how to live in the face of death. Her young friend shares a life- and death-changing secret: it is possible to live the same day over and over again until she’s experienced a truly full life. Groundhog Day meets Grey’s Anatomy in this heartfelt novella with a hint of magic from the internationally bestselling author of The Sweetness of Forgetting and The Life Intended, in which a woman with only a short time to live discovers she can repeat the same day over and over until her life feels complete.When a pediatric oncology nurse receives a devastating prognosis-she has just weeks left to live-she finds unexpected comfort from a patient.
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