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En la Praga de los años treinta, Lenka, una joven estudiante de arte, se enamora perdidamente de Josef. Ambos se casan, pero, al igual que muchos otros compatriotas, sus sueños se hacen añicos ante la inminente invasión nazi y deciden huir a Estados Unidos. Sin embargo, en el último momento, Lenka decide quedarse en Praga. En Estados Unidos, Josef se convierte en un obstetra de éxito y rehace su vida. Sin embargo, nunca olvidará a su primer y único amor, al que cree haber perdido para siempre. Pero en Terezin y Auschwitz, Lenka sobrevivirá gracias a la memoria de un marido al que cree que no verá de nuevo y a su talento artístico. Décadas más tarde, un inesperado encuentro en Nueva York ofrece una segunda oportunidad a los amantes.

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'A truly beautiful, heartbreaking story' Kristin Hannah, bestselling author of The NightingaleIn pre-World War II Prague, the dreams of two young lovers are shattered when they are separated by the Nazi invasion. Then, decades later, thousands of miles away in New York, an unexpected encounter leads to an inescapable glance of recognition, and the realisation that providence has given Lenka and Josef one more chance...From the glamorous ease of life in Prague before the Occupation, to the horrors of Nazi Europe, The Lost Wife explores the power of first love, the resilience of the human spirit, and the strength of memory.

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A rapturous novel of star-crossed love in a time of war—from the international bestselling author of The Secret of Clouds. During the last moments of calm in prewar Prague, Lenka, a young art student, and Josef, who is studying medicine, fall in love. With the promise of a better future, they marry—only to have their dreams shattered by the imminent Nazi invasion. Like so many others, they are torn apart by the currents of war. Now a successful obstetrician in America, Josef has never forgotten the wife he believes died in the war. But in the Nazi ghetto of Terezín, Lenka survived, relying on her skills as an artist and the memories of a husband she would never see again. Then, decades later and thousands of miles away, an unexpected encounter in New York leads to an inescapable glance of recognition, and the realization that providence has given Lenka and Josef one more chance. From the glamorous ease of life in Prague before the occupation to the horrors of Nazi Europe, The Lost Wife explores the power of first love, the resilience of the human spirit, and our capacity to remember.

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