Author : N. Abdou
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781514745250
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (452 download)
Book Synopsis The Barbed- Wire Rose by : N. Abdou
Download or read book The Barbed- Wire Rose written by N. Abdou and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-28 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the twenty- one- year old Natalie faces abandonment and loneliness, she finds herself in the presence of a five- year- old child, who introduces her to his Auntie Ida. Now Natalie has a family that lasts less than 48 hours. However, the hard decisions she makes for years to come will remain tied to such a short span of time. Both Ida and Josh disappear in separate incidents, and Natalie is in a mission to find them. A brief search establishes the fact that the Nazi have killed Ida, as they'd killed, weeks prior, Natalie's own Auntie Julie, the only person left for her in this world. A year ago, her parents had vanished on their journey to Palestine; the Nazis persecution of Jews was spreading like a wild fire throughout Europe. And the worst is yet to come with the break of World War 11.Josh's fate remains unknown, and Natalie must find him at all costs. The search in a stormy day leaves a deep wound into her forehead. Luckily, a passerby Christian nurse named Antoinette, two years her senior, rescues her; stopping a young man driving his wife to a hospital to give birth to their first baby. Learning about her dissolute situation, Antoinette invites Natalie to her home. Politely she refuses; her mission is not accomplished yet. After weeks of futile search to find out what could have happened to Josh, she is discouraged. One late evening she knocks on the door of her newly- found- friend to become an integral member of the family for some time. To protect their children from the dangers of a raging war, the De La Tours move her, along with their children, from one place to another. Natalie's search continues until she receives the final clue: Josh is now in the same concentration camp she has been taken into and escaped, after the Nazis' ruse had hijacked her during her trip to a safe location. Haunted by the promise she makes to the child and his aunt, she puts her life at risk again. Her determination to return to the same camp; leaves Antoinette with no choice other than to accompany her after sending a note to her parents that they had been kidnapped- kidnapping was then a common Nazi practice. In the camp "the- forever-best friends" endure all kinds of sadistic physical tortures and Natalie receives the extra- treatment: rape. Josh is not there. Instead, and oddly enough, Natalie finds solace in the newly- assigned camp's commandant. What reason(s) forces that Nazi to be sympathetic to Jewish prisoners; with a special affection for Natalie- any emotional interest is excluded? He offers to help her escape, but she turns the offer down. She continues struggling, for more than one reason, to survive all the camp's hostilities. The double- spaced 242 page fiction tells about the journey of a Jewish brave young woman, who replays, in a short time, the five- thousand years journey of her people: Both journeys are filled with Sufferings and crowned with victories.
