![]() ![]() This novel does not abound with all the hearts and flowers of the aforementioned publishers. paradoxically, I loved this novel and it is, essentially, a love story, a story of first love, lost love, remembered love. Let me say first and foremost that I do not read love stories, I loathe books such as those by Nicholas Sparks and Nora Roberts, I have a specially designed crucifix to guard me against the genre of Mills and Boon. 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. Now, decades later, an unexpected encounter in New York brings Lenka and Josef back together. 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. ![]() ![]() In America Josef becomes a successful obstetrician and raises a family, though he never forgets the wife he thinks died in the camps. They marry - but soon, like so many others, they are torn apart by the currents of war. Your husband.' During the last moments of calm in prewar Prague, Lenka, a young art student, falls in love with Josef. She looked at him again, as if giving weight and bone to a ghost. 'Do you remember me now?' he asked, trembling. There on her forearm, next to a small brown birthmark, were six tattooed numbers. ![]()
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