Neighbor’s Son, The

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Nine-year old Liesel Steffens charming world is shattered one sunny Spring afternoon in her front yard in Bottrop Eigen, Germany, 1951, when a handsome Neighbor returns home. Proud Liesel parades the man inside to celebrate her idol her late father certainly the hero who saved the Neighbors infant son during Kristallnacht, also known as The Night of Broken Glass. Liesel is whisked away to her room while her mother ejects the Jew from their home. When the young girl discovers that her father was a German Nationalist, one of Hitler's Loyal Lieutenants...she questions: · How could her parents be part of such unspeakable evil? · Was Liesel herself so wicked? · Was she too a German Nationalist, destined to carry out this hideous mission? · Should Liesel turn her back on her parents? Could she love them anymore? · Could she love herself? Who is she? Who are our Neighbors? Who are we? Candid, coming-of-age story of a generation of unknowing Germans who wear the Yellow Star of guilt and shame. Liesel questions her identity across three continents. More important, this gripping story chronicles Liesels search for self, truth, family, guilt, forgiveness, and justice and delivers a different look at this dark time in our history.

Inscribed and autographed by author FLEP. "To Dean ---Many Blessings Liesel, April, 2007".

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