My enemys cradle hardcover january 1, 2008 by sara young author. M ining a lost piece of history, sara young takes us deep into the lives of women living in the worst of times. Cyrlas deceased mother was a dutch christian, and in the late 1930s cyrlas jewish father sends her from poland to live in holland with her. My enemys cradle is a story of love and its tendency to be found where we least expect it, and not to live where we seek it.
Read my enemy s cradle by sara young available from rakuten kobo. My enemy s cradle offers intrigue, suspense, compassion, heartbreak and joy. Book summary mining a lost piece of history, sara young takes us deep into the lives of women living in the worst of times. My enemys cradle by sara young reading guidebook club. Oct 06, 2008 mining a lost piece of history, sara young takes us deep into the lives of women living in the worst of times. Excerpt from my enemys cradle by sara young pennypacker.
Sara young previously has published seven childrens book under the pen name sara pennypacker, including the stuart series and the clementine series. Her cousin, anneke, is pregnant and has passed the rigorous exams for admission. A poignant tale of the sacrifices we make in the darkest of times, my enemys cradle tells the story of cyrla, a young woman forced to assume her cousins identity to escape capture by the nazis. However, when a friend told me about the bang bang challenge, i decided to hold off a little bit and use this as one of my. Threatened by increasing restrictions and violence against jews during world war ii, halfjewish cyrla assumes her cousins identity and seeks refuge in a nazi maternity home for unwed mothers.
Through one young girls experience of a war that for her does not involve bombings and shootings, starvation or the gas chambers other than as a little known and less understood backdrop to the way life is. History, world war, 19391945, cousins, pregnant women, children, fiction. Review of my enemy s cradle by sara young pennypacker, plus backstory and other interesting facts about the book. Feb 29, 2008 my enemy s cradle offers intrigue, suspense, compassion, heartbreak and joy. My enemys cradle is about the lebensborn program of nazi germany during world war ii which affected so many women and children in so many countries, and yet no one seem to know about it. Sara youngs historical novel, my enemys cradle 2008, is her first book for adult readers. In childrens author young s first novel for adults, a polish jew in world war ii holland finds temporary safety in the lebensborn, a maternity home the nazis set up to. Cyrla wants to keep her child, though, so she resolves to leave the maternity home. And it invokes, with a bit of an ache, anne frank s optimistic belief in happy endings. Sara young takes us into the very heart of the nazis cradle with a powerful story of love set against the true events of one of the most secret and terrifying of heinrich himmlers wartime projects the. Pdf my enemys cradle book by sara young free download.
She has been successfully hiding the fact that she is halfjewishuntil neighbors threaten to expose her identity. Sara young takes us into the very heart of the nazis cradle with a powerful story of love set against the true events of one of the most secret and terrifying of heinrich himmler s wartime projects the lebensborn nazi breeding programme. Cyrla lives with her dutch relatives in nazioccupied holland. My enemys cradle goes to the very heart of hope and how it can survive in even the darkest and most dangerous of times. The book centers around the german lebensborn, and i was intrigued. Youngs book chronicles an element of world war ii eerily opposite to the bold evil of the deportations and concentration camps of the holocaust. The main characters of this historical, historical fiction story are anneke, cyrla. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 365 pages and is available in hardcover format.
My enemy s cradle by sara young did hold my interest for the most part. Her cousin, annika, is pregnant and has passed the rigorous. Her cousin, anneke, is pregnant and has passed the rigorous exams for admission to the lebensborn, a maternity home for girls carrying german babies. Sara young s most popular book is my enemy s cradle. My enemys cradle by sara young historical fiction 5 stars.
In this compelling first novel set against the little known nazi lebensborn program, sara young creates a heroine the reader will not easily forget cyrla, a young woman trying to keep her infant safe while hiding a dangerous secret. I was hooked from page one, and found the ending to be one of the most satisfying ive read in a long time. Anne leclaire, entering normal cyrlas neighbors have begun to whisper. Her cousin, annika, is pregnant and has passed the rigorous exams for admission to the lebensborn. Sara young, author of several childrens books, created her first adult novel my enemys cradle, which explored the lebensborn program of the nazis. With my enemy s cradle, sara young shows herself more than capable of constructing a compelling novel for adults. My enemys cradle offers intrigue, suspense, compassion, heartbreak and joy. Mining a lost piece of history, sara young takes us deep into the lives of women living in the worst of times. For cyrla in my enemys cradle, this mantra is born of bitter experience. My enemys cradle by sara young book cover, description, publication history.
Cyrlas life is turned on its side over and over again in this shocking story of love lost, the holocaust and the innocence lost during the nazi propoganda campaign. My enemy s cradle goes to the very heart of hope and how it can survive in even the darkest and most dangerous of times. My enemy s cradle by sarah young, 9780151015375, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Free download or read online my enemys cradle pdf epub book. Compelled to learn more, sara young knew that this was a book that needed to be written. Sara young writes with the intelligence and authority of an historian, but also with the sensitivity, precision, insight and grace of a poet. Set in ww ii europe, a time of horror and strength, this is a story of the nazi lebensborn program. Review of my enemys cradle by sara young pennypacker. Part love story and part elegy for the terrible choices we must often make to survive, my enemy s cradle keens for what we lose in war and sings for the hope we sometimes find. Penning the celebrated childrens books, the clementine series, young proves that she can make the transformation from light and gay to heartfelt, tragic, and solid fiction. My enemy s cradle sara young, 2008 houghton mifflin harcourt 384 pp. Cyrla must hide her heritage and escape before the.
In childrens author youngs first novel for adults, a polish jew in world war ii holland finds temporary safety in the lebensborn, a maternity home the nazis set up to breed aryan babies. Sara young wrote my enemys cradle, which can be purchased at a lower price at thriftbooks. Germany cousins children german occupation of netherlands 1940 1945 world war 1939 1945 pregnant women. The first edition of the novel was published in 2008, and was written by sara young. The main idea of the story was for a jewish young woman to hide out in a german home for women who were having so called perfect babies for nazi germany.
Sara young graduated with a ba from marietta college in ohio. May 07, 2012 mining a lost piece of history, sara young takes us deep into the lives of women living in the worst of times. My enemys cradle a novel paperback january 1, 2008 by sara young author. My enemys cradle is about the lebensborn program of nazi germany during world war ii which affected so many women and children in so many countries. My enemys cradle is nothing like clementine, aside from the fact that a talented author is responsible for both the lighthearted clementine series for kids and this serious ww ii adult novel. A compelling novel of a young american woman in berlin on the eve of world war ii who is torn between her love for a nazi officer and her duty to her country. About the author under the name sara pennypacker, sara young has written seven books for children, including the acclaimed stuart series stuarts cape and clementine. Sara young books list of books by author sara young. I picked this book up at the library, and i had no idea until i finished it and read the author blurb at the back that sara young is sara pennypacker, author of the clementine books.
In this compelling first novel set against the little known nazi lebensborn program, sara young creates a heroine the reader will not easily forget. Netherlandshistorygerman occupation, 19401945fiction. My enemy s cradle sara young historical fiction history world war, 1939 1945 jewish women lebensborn e. Read free book excerpt from my enemy s cradle by sara young pennypacker, page 2 of 3. Sara young s historical novel, my enemys cradle 2008, is her first book for adult readers. Part love story and part elegy for the terrible choices we must often make to survive, my enemys cradle keens for what we lose in war and sings for the hope we sometimes find. Pdf my enemys cradle book by sara young free download 365. The true story of the nazi lebensborn program is one that has rarely been told, and in her fictional account, young does a masterful job of both exposing its brutal realities and placing it within an equally captivating narrative. There was a lot of suspense in this novel, but as a reader i. My enemy s cradle sara young s debut novel opens in occupied holland.
Penning the celebrated children s books, the clementine series, young proves that she can make the transformation from light and gay to heartfelt, tragic, and solid fiction. My enemys cradle is nothing like clementine, aside from the fact that a talented author is responsible for both the lighthearted clementine series for kids and. Sara young has books on goodreads with 20715 ratings. A powerful story of love and deception set against the true events of one of the most secret and terrifying of heinrich himmlers wartime projects the lebensborn nazi breeding programme cyrlas neighbours have begun to whisper. My enemys cradle book by sara young 5 available editions. Elizabeth berg, author of dream when youre feeling blue. Sara young makes her debut with her first adult novel, my enemy s cradle.
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