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Original Title:	The Lost Wife
ISBN:	042524413X (ISBN13: 9780425244135)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Lenka, Jozef
Setting:	New York City, New York(United States) Prague (Praha)(Czech Republic)

The Lost Wife

Alyson Richman

Paperback | Pages: 368 pages

Rating: 4.22 | 44670 Users | 4673 Reviews

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Title	:	The Lost Wife
Author	:	Alyson Richman
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 368 pages
Published	:	September 6th 2011 by Berkley Books
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Romance. War. World War II. Holocaust

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There on her forearm, next to a small brown birthmark, were six tattooed numbers. 'Do you remember me now?' he asked, trembling. She looked at him again, as if giving weight and bone to a ghost. 'Lenka, it's me,' he said. 'Josef. Your husband.' During the last moments of calm in prewar Prague, Lenka, a young art student, falls in love with Josef. They marry - but soon, like so many others, they are torn apart by the currents of war. In America Josef becomes a successful obstetrician and raises a family, though he never forgets the wife he thinks died in the camps. But in the Nazi ghetto of Terez??n - and later in Auschwitz - Lenka has survived, relying on her skills as an artist and the memories of a husband she believes she will never see again. Now, decades later, an unexpected encounter in New York brings Lenka and Josef back together. From the comfort of life in Prague before the occupation to the horrors of Nazi Europe, The Lost Wife explores the endurance of first love, the resilience of the human spirit and our capacity to remember.

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The cause of my latest book hangover:An elderly man is sitting at his grandson's rehearsal dinner when suddenly a woman catches his eye from across the room. He goes to her, transfixed, and looks at her like he's seen a ghost. This woman, the grandmother of the bride, does not recognize him but he remembers her. "Lenka", he says, "it's me Josef. Your husband." And that was all it took to suck me in...Set against the backdrop of WWII Europe, The Lost Wife tells the story of Lenka and Josef young

THE LOST WIFEFrom the very first page, The Lost Wife is so powerful as to pull you in and force you to keep reading. I read 48% on my Kindle the first night.Using the technique of the two protagonists as their own narrators keeps them front and center, and makes their story more personal and believable. Had there been an omniscient narrator it is doubtful that this would have been the case. This technique renders the many events in their lives and the distances between them, both in time and

One of the most beautifully written, moving historical fiction novels I have ever read. The book actually deserves 4 1/2 stars. Alyson Richman evokes magic in her telling of the love story of Lenka and Josef, two Czechoslovakian Jews whose fate is determined by forces beyond their control. Richman effectively pulls the reader in by creating interesting characters and an equally compelling story. It is hard to fathom what the Jewish population in Europe had to endure during the reign of terror

I loved the premise of it, and the character development was well handled. Some of the prose resonated with me; but initially, I had a hard time getting into the book. The short chapters and switching POV made it difficult to become fully immersed in the story. But then I ended up very glad to have finished it, not having read a WWII story about the underground artists or from the Czechs' perspective before. 3.5 stars.

Read for one of my book groups (library) as the April selection b/c it has been designated as the Long Island Reads Book - libraries throughout Long Island encouraging the reading and discussion of the same book. It is essentially a holocaust novel, and I read everything I can on the holocaust. This novel, unfortunately, is written in such a sophomoric style, and the prime element of the plot is given away within its opening pages. I can understand its being chosen for Long Island Reads; that

Of the many books with a holocaust theme I have read, this is the first that has centered around the Terezin (Theresienstadt) Concentration Camp, located outside Prague. The basis of the book is, of course, a romance story, but the heart of the book takes place in Terezin where the Nazi's established a prison camp that was less of a death camp and more of an authentic work camp. Certainly the conditions were every bit as grueling and no less horrifying as Auschwitz and Birkenwald, but there were

3.5 Stars if I could, but will round up to 4 stars for making me feel emotional as I was reading the last chunk.Lenka and Josef alternate telling the reader their story, they also switch between past and present. The book starts out telling you the ending (Which I hated!) and then goes back to tell the story of how it got there. Lenka and Josef were Jews living in Prague before WWII broke out. Josef was able to escape to the US with his family, while Lenka (stubborn and determined!) chose to