The Book of Names

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First, the author cannot seem to decide who Eva is - is she an observant/religious Jewish woman from a religious family that prides their religious observance (as implied by the juxtaposition of Eva to Joseph on p. An extraordinary exhibition will open for the first time in the world, at United Nations Headquarters in New York on 26 January 2023. Eva Traube Abrams, a semi-retired librarian in Florida, is shelving books one morning when her eyes lock on a photograph in a magazine lying open nearby. Some were sad and unfair and had me hoping for more or better for the main character, especially Alice and Gerald.

There is a lot to consider – names can be an indicator of so many things including class, status, religion and culture. Maybe your name is on the list or the name of someone you know or maybe there are names you've never heard of before. N. Secretary General António Guterres, Israel’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Gilad Erdan, and Yad Vashem’s chairman, Dani Dayan, a former consul general of Israel in New York. The narrative follows a pattern that I’ve seen in so many recent novels, alternating the past and present, tying the two together and this is so well done here.Eva becomes increasingly important to the resistance movement, but things become tricky as she forms relationships with the other members. I hope it will survive – it will be the most beautiful, the best outcome of what we did in these cruel times (…) I do not ask for any thanks, for any memorial, for any praise. They're collected in themes - months of the year, flowers, colours and food - and there's Julia's whimsy as well as rhythm and rhyme to enjoy.

She was the UK Children’s Laureate 2011–13 and has been honoured with a CBE for Services to Literature. We really liked how clearly each entry was laid out with meaning, origin, description, alternative spelling but also with pronunciation which is unusual but, we thought, most welcome. In addition to the permanent installations at Auschwitz and Yad Vashem, there are plans for a third version of the book to be created as a traveling exhibition. Yes there were forgers in Nazi-occupied France but Eva, the cast of characters around her, and even the town, are all fictional. There is information on origin followed by as much as half a page and as little a line on the name itself, including how to pronounce it if necessary.Your voluntary contribution supports our efforts to deliver content that engages and helps strengthen the Jewish community in the Philadelphia area. Eva spends her time at the local church with Pere Clement a priest, Remy a fellow forger and together they create new identities for hundreds of Jewish people escaping to Switzerland. In my mind, the sign of a good story is when you are still thinking about it later in your idle moments. In despair over her husband’s removal and deportation by the Germans, she blames Eva and fails to find the good in what she’s doing.

Because of the way the story was narrated, the romantic passages left me cold and I felt like slapping Eva round the face whenever she revealed carefully guarded secrets and falsified identities. Kirkus Reviews" "Relentless and riveting, The Book of Names speeds you across continents and centuries in the ultimate seductive read.But also those that were murdered in the shooting pits, and in the gas chambers, by collaborators in hiding places, deserve to be remembered,” Dayan said. It's a lovely, fun rhyming book, which we have come to expect from her and it is matched by the beautiful and witty illustrations of Nila Aye. I wouldn’t recommend this book if you’re looking for something new and refreshing in this subgenre especially since this isn’t based on specific true events (at least the forging part). The book begins when Eva now Eva Abrams sees an article detailing the looting of libraries throughout Europe during the war. Gayle Lynds, "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Last Spymaster""The Book of Names grabs you on page one and doesn't let you go.

A childhood accident left him with a peculiar side effect: random names pop into his head, accompanied by blinding headaches. Julia Donaldson has been asked to sign hundreds and thousands of books in her successful career, and she has met children with some lovely and often unusual names. Pregnant with Titus' child, she managed to escape with the Book of Names as the building burned down.

Starting about 20 years ago, we have been able to go beyond these pages and look to thousands of other sources for names,” Avram continues. This book is inventive, unusual and interesting but with names like Aquarius and Neon on offer alongside the likes of Everly and Robin, it is definitely not for traditionalists! The history part of the stolen books is very interesting and the explanation at the end of the book is therefore very valuable.