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Paper Love : Searching for the Girl My Grandfather Left Behind by Sarah Wildman (2014, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-101594631557
ISBN-139781594631559
eBay Product ID (ePID)201581495
Product Key Features
Book TitlePaper Love : Searching for the Girl My Grandfather Left Behind
Number of Pages400 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2014
TopicCultural Heritage, Holocaust, Personal Memoirs, General, Jewish
IllustratorYes
GenreBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorSarah Wildman
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight22.2 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2014-018422
Reviews"In this captivating and elegantly written book, Sarah Wildman uses the story of a single, fascinating but utterly normal woman to illuminate the tragedy of the millions murdered during the Holocaust. Though the themes are universal-family, memory, myth-what makes this remarkable book shine is the way Wildman brings to life a person lost to history, making us care desperately both for her and for her vanished world."-Ayelet Waldman, author of Love and Treasure "In spellbinding prose, Sarah Wildman traces her quest to understand what happened to her grandfather's mysterious lover whom he had to leave behind when he fled Vienna in 1938. Revealing deeper truths about history and the tricky nature of memory, Paper Love is a breathtakingly powerful and beautiful new book."-David Grann, author of The Lost City of Z " Paper Love begins with a quest for a lost lover, and then radically inverts that path. Here the search becomes a tale of not one person, but of how each person is so much more than one, how no single life has meaning without all the others that encircle it. Wildman's spellbinding story, with its dramatic and unexpected twists, breathes each forgotten person back to life."-Dara Horn, author of The World To Come "Sarah Wildman is a member of the last generation of young Jews who grew up in families presided over by Holocaust survivors and their stories-both the reliable tales and the necessary myths. Wildman long ago turned her attention to the complex afterlife of the Holocaust, and this book-thoroughly researched, adventurously reported, and vulnerably written-has fulfilled her promise as the most important literary representative of her generation."-Gideon Lewis-Kraus, author of A Sense of Direction, "In this captivating and elegantly written book, Sarah Wildman uses the story of a single, fascinating but utterly normal woman to illuminate the tragedy of the millions murdered during the Holocaust. Though the themes are universal-family, memory, myth-what makes this remarkable book shine is the way Wildman brings to life a person lost to history, making us care desperately both for her and for her vanished world."-Ayelet Waldman, author of Love and Treasure " Paper Love begins with a quest for a lost lover, and then radically inverts that path. Here the search becomes a terrific a terrifying tale of not one person, but of how each person is so much more than one, how no single life has meaning without all the others that encircle it. Wildman's spellbinding story, with its dramatic and unexpected twists, breathes each forgotten person back to life."-Dara Horn, author of The World To Come, "Wildman meticulously pieces together the brave and tragic life of the woman her grandfather left behind when he fled Austria on the eve of World War II."-O, The Oprah Magazine "Ignore anyone who tells you there is nothing more to be said about the Holocaust, and no new ways of telling the tragedy. Sarah Wildman''s gripping, tender, beautifully painful book gets to the heart of the matter through matters of the heart. And along with the pathos and pain, there is profound and honest thoughtfulness too. "-Simon Schama, author of The Story of the Jews "This profound book derives its power not so much from the love story at its heart, but from the historical urgency with which Wildman infuses it. The author makes clear that only by engaging with inherited past trauma deeply and fully can individuals and communities begin the long and difficult process of looking for ways to regain wholeness. A poignant and humane memoir."-Kirkus "Wildman's extensive investigation into her grandfather's history is well documented and analyzed, but it is her determination to find out what happened to Valy, a woman at the periphery of the family circle, that distinguishes this family history. The author's gradual realization that others cared about Valy's fate, too, led her to a larger understanding of the unbearable circumstances and decisions faced by everyone involved, even those lucky enough to establish new lives elsewhere."- Library Journal (starred) "Wildman's intimate and mesmerizing biography blends her family history into the larger framework of World War II and the Holocaust."- Publishers Weekly "Wildman''s personal investment in this Holocaust-era narrative heightens the tension and raises the emotional stakes as her investigation unfolds."- Booklist "In this captivating and elegantly written book, Sarah Wildman uses the story of a single, fascinating but utterly normal woman to illuminate the tragedy of the millions murdered during the Holocaust. Though the themes are universal-family, memory, myth-what makes this remarkable book shine is the way Wildman brings to life a person lost to history, making us care desperately both for her and for her vanished world."-Ayelet Waldman, author of Love and Treasure "In spellbinding prose, Sarah Wildman traces her quest to understand what happened to her grandfather's mysterious lover whom he had to leave behind when he fled Vienna in 1938. Revealing deeper truths about history and the tricky nature of memory, Paper Love is a breathtakingly powerful and beautiful new book."-David Grann, author of The Lost City of Z "Paper Love begins with a quest for a lost lover, and then radically inverts that path. Here the search becomes a tale of not one person, but of how each person is so much more than one, how no single life has meaning without all the others that encircle it. Wildman''s spellbinding story, with its dramatic and unexpected twists, breathes each forgotten person back to life."-Dara Horn, author of The World To Come "Sarah Wildman is a member of the last generation of young Jews who grew up in families presided over by Holocaust survivors and their stories-both the reliable tales and the necessary myths. Wildman long ago turned her attention to the complex afterlife of the Holocaust, and this book-thoroughly researched, adventurously reported, and vulnerably written-has fulfilled her promise as the most important literary representative of her generation."-Gideon Lewis-Kraus, author of A Sense of Direction "[ Paper Love ] powerfully touches on issues of memory, loss and identity-that of both subject and author."-Jewish Woman Magazine , "Ignore anyone who tells you there is nothing more to be said about the Holocaust, and no new ways of telling the tragedy. Sarah Wildman's gripping, tender, beautifully painful book gets to the heart of the matter through matters of the heart. And along with the pathos and pain, there is profound and honest thoughtfulness too. "-Simon Schama, author of The Story of the Jews "This profound book derives its power not so much from the love story at its heart, but from the historical urgency with which Wildman infuses it. The author makes clear that only by engaging with inherited past trauma deeply and fully can individuals and communities begin the long and difficult process of looking for ways to regain wholeness. A poignant and humane memoir."- Kirkus " Wildman's extensive investigation into her grandfather's history is well documented and analyzed, but it is her determination to find out what happened to Valy, a woman at the periphery of the family circle, that distinguishes this family history. The author's gradual realization that others cared about Valy's fate, too, led her to a larger understanding of the unbearable circumstances and decisions faced by everyone involved, even those lucky enough to establish new lives elsewhere."- Library Journal (starred) "Wildman's intimate and mesmerizing biography blends her family history into the larger framework of World War II and the Holocaust."- Publishers Weekly "In this captivating and elegantly written book, Sarah Wildman uses the story of a single, fascinating but utterly normal woman to illuminate the tragedy of the millions murdered during the Holocaust. Though the themes are universal-family, memory, myth-what makes this remarkable book shine is the way Wildman brings to life a person lost to history, making us care desperately both for her and for her vanished world."-Ayelet Waldman, author of Love and Treasure "In spellbinding prose, Sarah Wildman traces her quest to understand what happened to her grandfather's mysterious lover whom he had to leave behind when he fled Vienna in 1938. Revealing deeper truths about history and the tricky nature of memory, Paper Love is a breathtakingly powerful and beautiful new book."-David Grann, author of The Lost City of Z " Paper Love begins with a quest for a lost lover, and then radically inverts that path. Here the search becomes a tale of not one person, but of how each person is so much more than one, how no single life has meaning without all the others that encircle it. Wildman's spellbinding story, with its dramatic and unexpected twists, breathes each forgotten person back to life."-Dara Horn, author of The World To Come "Sarah Wildman is a member of the last generation of young Jews who grew up in families presided over by Holocaust survivors and their stories-both the reliable tales and the necessary myths. Wildman long ago turned her attention to the complex afterlife of the Holocaust, and this book-thoroughly researched, adventurously reported, and vulnerably written-has fulfilled her promise as the most important literary representative of her generation."-Gideon Lewis-Kraus, author of A Sense of Direction, "In this captivating and elegantly written book, Sarah Wildman uses the story of a single, fascinating but utterly normal woman to illuminate the tragedy of the millions murdered during the Holocaust. Though the themes are universal-family, memory, myth-what makes this remarkable book shine is the way Wildman brings to life a person lost to history, making us care desperately both for her and for her vanished world."-Ayelet Waldman, author of Love and Treasure, "A hidden trove of letters sparks Sarah Wildman''s feat of historical detective work, Paper Love , which probes her family''s ''myth of a spotless escape'' from Europe in 1938-and recaptures the voice of a young woman doctor caught in a tightening web, and the textures and emotions of her vanished world."- Vogue "Wildman meticulously pieces together the brave and tragic life of the woman her grandfather left behind when he fled Austria on the eve of World War II."-O, The Oprah Magazine "Ignore anyone who tells you there is nothing more to be said about the Holocaust, and no new ways of telling the tragedy. Sarah Wildman''s gripping, tender, beautifully painful book gets to the heart of the matter through matters of the heart. And along with the pathos and pain, there is profound and honest thoughtfulness too. "-Simon Schama, author of The Story of the Jews "This profound book derives its power not so much from the love story at its heart, but from the historical urgency with which Wildman infuses it. The author makes clear that only by engaging with inherited past trauma deeply and fully can individuals and communities begin the long and difficult process of looking for ways to regain wholeness. A poignant and humane memoir."-Kirkus "Wildman's extensive investigation into her grandfather's history is well documented and analyzed, but it is her determination to find out what happened to Valy, a woman at the periphery of the family circle, that distinguishes this family history. The author's gradual realization that others cared about Valy's fate, too, led her to a larger understanding of the unbearable circumstances and decisions faced by everyone involved, even those lucky enough to establish new lives elsewhere."- Library Journal (starred) "Wildman's intimate and mesmerizing biography blends her family history into the larger framework of World War II and the Holocaust."- Publishers Weekly "Wildman''s personal investment in this Holocaust-era narrative heightens the tension and raises the emotional stakes as her investigation unfolds."- Booklist "In this captivating and elegantly written book, Sarah Wildman uses the story of a single, fascinating but utterly normal woman to illuminate the tragedy of the millions murdered during the Holocaust. Though the themes are universal-family, memory, myth-what makes this remarkable book shine is the way Wildman brings to life a person lost to history, making us care desperately both for her and for her vanished world."-Ayelet Waldman, author of Love and Treasure "In spellbinding prose, Sarah Wildman traces her quest to understand what happened to her grandfather's mysterious lover whom he had to leave behind when he fled Vienna in 1938. Revealing deeper truths about history and the tricky nature of memory, Paper Love is a breathtakingly powerful and beautiful new book."-David Grann, author of The Lost City of Z "Paper Love begins with a quest for a lost lover, and then radically inverts that path. Here the search becomes a tale of not one person, but of how each person is so much more than one, how no single life has meaning without all the others that encircle it. Wildman''s spellbinding story, with its dramatic and unexpected twists, breathes each forgotten person back to life."-Dara Horn, author of The World To Come "Sarah Wildman is a member of the last generation of young Jews who grew up in families presided over by Holocaust survivors and their stories-both the reliable tales and the necessary myths. Wildman long ago turned her attention to the complex afterlife of the Holocaust, and this book-thoroughly researched, adventurously reported, and vulnerably written-has fulfilled her promise as the most important literary representative of her generation."-Gideon Lewis-Kraus, author of A Sense of Direction "[ Paper Love ] powerfully touches on issues of memory, loss and identity-that of both subject and author."-Jewish Woman Magazine , "In this captivating and elegantly written book, Sarah Wildman uses the story of a single, fascinating but utterly normal woman to illuminate the tragedy of the millions murdered during the Holocaust. Though the themes are universal-family, memory, myth-what makes this remarkable book shine is the way Wildman brings to life a person lost to history, making us care desperately both for her and for her vanished world."-Ayelet Waldman, author of Love and Treasure " Paper Love begins with a quest for a lost lover, and then radically inverts that path. Here the search becomes a terrific a terrifying tale of not one person, but of how each person is so much more than one, how no single life has meaning without all the others that encircle it. Wildman's spellbinding story, with its dramatic and unexpected twists, breathes each forgotten person back to life."-Dara Horn, author of The World To Come "Sarah Wildman is a member of the last generation of young Jews who grew up in families presided over by Holocaust survivors and their stories-both the reliable tales and the necessary myths. Wildman long ago turned her attention to the complex afterlife of the Holocaust, and this book-thoroughly researched, adventurously reported, and vulnerably written-has fulfilled her promise as the most important literary representative of her generation."-Gideon Lewis-Kraus, author of A Sense of Direction
Dewey Edition23
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal940.53/18092 B
SynopsisOne woman s journey to find the lost love her grandfather left behind when he fled pre-World War II Europe, and an exploration into family identity, myth, and memory. Years after her grandfather s death, journalist Sarah Wildman stumbled upon a cache of his letters in a file labeled Correspondence: Patients A G. What she found inside weren t dry medical histories; instead what was written opened a path into the destroyed world that was her family s prewar Vienna. One woman s letters stood out: those from Valy Valerie Scheftel. Her grandfather s lover who had remained behind when he fled Europe six months after the Nazis annexed Austria. Valy s name wasn t unknown to her Wildman had once asked her grandmother about a dark-haired young woman whose images she found in an old photo album. She wasyour grandfather s true love, her grandmother said at the time, and refused any other questions. But now, with the help of the letters, Wildman started to piece together Valy s story. They revealed a woman desperate to escape and clinging to the memory of a love that defined her years of freedom. Obsessed with Valy s story, Wildman began a quest that lasted years and spanned continents. She discovered, to her shock, an entireworld of other people searching for the same woman. On in the course of discovering Valy s ultimate fate, she was forced to reexamine the story of her grandfather s triumphant escape and how this history fit within her own life and in the process, she rescues a life seemingly lost to history.", She was your grandfather's true love, was the only answer given when Sarah Wildman presented her grandmother with a dozen photographs of a dark-haired, smiling young woman she had stumbled upon in her grandfather's old office. 'True love'? It was stated as fact, and with no further information. Who was this woman? And what was her relationship to her grandfather? When pressed, her grandfather's sister offered a bit more- 'She was brilliant! And so in love with your grandfather.' It was tantalizing, but agonizingly open-ended. Growing up, Wildman could reel off the details of her grandfather Karl's escape from Nazi-occupied Vienna. He was the irresistibly charismatic center of her family, beloved by everyone he encountered. His flight from Vienna six months after Hitler annexed Austria in 1938 was at the center of his myth- Karl was a success at everything. But no narrative is as simple as it initially appears. Years after her grandfather's death, Wildman found a cache of letters written to him, in a file labelled 'Correspondence, patients A-G.' What she discovered inside weren't dry medical histories; what was written instead opened a path into the destroyed world that was her family's prewar Vienna. One woman's letters stood out- these were mailed from the woman in the photos. Her name was Valerie Scheftel - Valy. She was Karl's lover, who had remained in Europe when he boarded a ship bound for the United States in Hamburg in September 1938. But why had she not left with Karl? And more important, what had happened to her? With the help of the letters Valy had written to her grandfather, Wildman started to piece together her story. The letters revealed a woman desperate to escape and still clinging to the memory of a love that defined her years of freedom. Obsessed with learning what happened to Valy, Wildman began a quest that lasted years and spanned continents. Along the way she discovered, to her shock, an entire world of other people searching for the same woman. In the course of unearthing Valy's ultimate fate, she was forced to re-examine the narrative of her grandfather's triumphant escape and how this history fit within her own life and her own generation, and in the process, she rescued a life seemingly lost to history. Praise for Paper Love 'Ignore anyone who tells you there is nothing more to be said about the Holocaust, and no new ways of telling the tragedy. Sarah Wildman's gripping, tender, beautifully painful book gets to the heart of the matter through matters of the heart. And along with the pathos and pain, there is profound and honest thoughtfulness too.' Simon Schama, author of The Story of the Jews 'In this captivating and elegantly written book, Sarah Wildman uses the story of a single fascinating but utterly normal woman to illuminate the tragedy of the millions murdered during the Holocaust. Though the themes are universal - family, memory, myth - what makes this remarkable book shine is the way Wildman brings to life a person lost to history, making us care desperately both for her and for her vanished world.' Ayelet Waldman, author of Love and Treasure 'In spellbinding prose, Sarah Wildman traces her quest to understand what happened to her grandfather's mysterious lover, whom he had to leave behind when he fled Vienna in 1938. Revealing deeper truths about history and the tricky nature of memory, Paper Love is a breathtakingly powerful and beautiful new book.' David Grann, author of The Lost City of Z 'Sarah Wildman is a member of the last generation of young Jews who grew up in families presided over by Holocaust survivors and their stories -
LC Classification NumberDS135.A93W55 2014
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