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Published by Pushkin Press, Limited, 2019
ISBN 10: 1782274006ISBN 13: 9781782274001
Seller: Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Book
Condition: Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Published by Center Point Pub
ISBN 10: 1643584901ISBN 13: 9781643584904
Seller: Singing Saw Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
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Library Binding. Condition: As New. Large-print text hardcover. Fine.
Published by Pushkin Press, London, 2017
ISBN 10: 1782273999ISBN 13: 9781782273998
Seller: The Print Room, Lilley nr Luton, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Jacket by Matthew Young (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, subsequent impression with number line '3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4'. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, slight lean, not price clipped (no published price), no inscriptions, internally clean and tight, overall a vg+ copy. 305pp. In 1921, Francoise Frenkel (1889-1975), a Jewish woman from Poland, opens her first bookshop in Berlin. It is a dream come true. The dream lasts nearly two decades. Then suddenly, it ends. It ends after police confiscations and the Night of Broken Glass, as Jewish shops and businesses are smashed to pieces. It ends when no one protests. So Francoise flees to France, just weeks before war breaks out. In Paris, on the wireless and in the newspapers, horror has made itself at home. When the city is bombed, Francoise seeks refuge in Avignon, then Nice. She fears she may never see her family again. Nice is awash with refugees and terrible suffering; children are torn from their parents, mothers throw themselves under buses. Horrified by what she sees, Francoise goes into hiding. She survives only because strangers risk their lives to protect her. Set against the romantic landscapes of Southern France 'No Place to Lay One's Head' is a heartbreaking tale of human cruelty and unending kindness, of a woman whose lust for life refuses to leave her, even in her darkest hours. Quite a scarce book.