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Here s a memorable tale of two unlikely heroes: the lively,
beautiful Flora and her husband, the brooding, studious Simon, two
immigrants, both sent to America by their families to find a better
life. An improbable match, they meet in New York City and fall in
love. Simon inventor of the jigsaw puzzle eventually makes his
fortune. Now wealthy, Flora and Simon become obsessed with rescuing
those they left behind in Europe, loved ones whose fates will be
determined by growing anti-Semitism on both sides of the Atlantic.
"The Puzzle King" explores a fascinating moment in history with a
cast of characters who endure with dignity, grace, and hope for the
future."
For readers of The Nightingale and Brooklyn, an exquisitely moving
novel about friendship, love, and redemption in a circle of
immigrants who flee Europe for 1930s-era New York City. On the eve
of World War II Egon Schneider--a gallant and successful Jewish
doctor, son of two world-famous naturalists--escapes Germany to an
uncertain future across the sea. Settling into the unfamiliar
rhythms of upper Manhattan, he finds solace among a tight-knit
group of fellow immigrants, tenacious men and women drawn together
as much by their differences as by their memories of the world they
left behind. They each suffer degradations and triumphs large and
small: Egon's terminally acerbic lifelong friend, bestselling
author Meyer Leavitt, now wears a sandwich board on a New York
street corner; Catrina Harty, the headstrong daughter of a
dirt-poor Irish trolley driver, survives heartbreak and loss to
forge an unlikely alliance; and Egon himself is forced to abandon
his thriving medical practice to become the "Cheese Man" at a
Washington Heights grocery. But their spirits remain unbroken, and
when their little community is faced with an existential threat,
these strangers rise up together in hopes of creating a permanent
home. With her uncanny ability to create indelible characters in
unforgettable circumstances, Betsy Carter has crafted a gorgeous
novel that will resonate with anyone who has ever felt adrift and
longed for home.
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