Most novels about the Holocaust deal with before and during WWII. Hesse’s novel is about the aftermath for one Polish survivor, Zofia Lederman, who is being released after several months in a hospital where she was taken after being liberated from Gross-Rosen concentration camp. She wants to return home to Sosnowiec, Poland, hoping to find her younger brother, Abek, there. When Abek is not at home, a confused Zofia sets out for a displaced persons camp being run by the allies in Germany, hoping to find her brother, the only member of her family she believes has survived. While her brother is not at Foehrenwald, Zofia does make some friends who help her in her search. One day, Abek shows up at the camp. Zofia can hardly believe her good fortune. But through twists and turns, it turns out that Zofia may not be so lucky after all.
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