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''A powerful, eloquent and deeply affecting book. I loved it'' EDMUND DE WAAL

''Tender, evocative and deeply moving'' JONATHAN FREEDLAND

''Profound, elegiac and fascinating . . . I zipped through it'' PHILIPPE SANDS

''Compelling'' DAILY MAIL, BOOK OF THE WEEK

''Terrifying and enthralling'' ALAN RUSBRIDGER

''A touching, fascinating tribute to a father'' LITERARY REVIEW

In 1938, before Kindertransport, Jewish parents in Vienna took out adverts in the Manchester Guardian asking for people to take in their children - a desperate, last-ditch attempt to save them from the Nazis.

Eighty-three years later, Julian Borger discovers an advert for an ''intelligent boy, aged 11, Viennese of good family''. It was his father, Robert. Like almost everything about his childhood, Robert had kept this a secret, until he took his own life.

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      Publisher: John Murray Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/12/2024
      ISBN13: 9781399803311, 978-1399803311
      ISBN10: 139980331X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''A powerful, eloquent and deeply affecting book. I loved it'' EDMUND DE WAAL

      ''Tender, evocative and deeply moving'' JONATHAN FREEDLAND

      ''Profound, elegiac and fascinating . . . I zipped through it'' PHILIPPE SANDS

      ''Compelling'' DAILY MAIL, BOOK OF THE WEEK

      ''Terrifying and enthralling'' ALAN RUSBRIDGER

      ''A touching, fascinating tribute to a father'' LITERARY REVIEW

      In 1938, before Kindertransport, Jewish parents in Vienna took out adverts in the Manchester Guardian asking for people to take in their children - a desperate, last-ditch attempt to save them from the Nazis.

      Eighty-three years later, Julian Borger discovers an advert for an ''intelligent boy, aged 11, Viennese of good family''. It was his father, Robert. Like almost everything about his childhood, Robert had kept this a secret, until he took his own life.

      Starting with nothing b

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