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Margot: A Novel - Jillian Cantor
Margot: A Novel
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Anne Frank has long been a symbol of bravery and hope, but there were two sisters hidden in the annex, two young Jewish girls, one a cultural icon made famous by her published diary and the other, nearly forgotten. In the spring of 1959, The Diary of Anne Frank has just come to the silver... show more
Anne Frank has long been a symbol of bravery and hope, but there were two sisters hidden in the annex, two young Jewish girls, one a cultural icon made famous by her published diary and the other, nearly forgotten. In the spring of 1959, The Diary of Anne Frank has just come to the silver screen to great acclaim, and a young woman named Margie Franklin is working in Philadelphia as a secretary at a Jewish law firm. On the surface she lives a quiet life, but Margie has a secret: a life she once lived, a past and a religion she has denied, and a family and a country she left behind. Margie Franklin is really Margot Frank, older sister of Anne, who did not die in Bergen-Belsen as reported, but who instead escaped the Nazis for America. But now, as her sister becomes a global icon, Margie’s carefully constructed American life begins to fall apart. A new relationship threatens to overtake the young love that sustained her during the war, and her past and present begin to collide. Margie is forced to come to terms with Margot, with the people she loved, and with a life swept up into the course of history.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9781594486432 (1594486433)
ASIN: 1594486433
Publisher: Riverhead Trade
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
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A Book Addict's Musings by Readinghearts
A Book Addict's Musings by Readinghearts rated it
5.0 Thursday's Review: Margot by Jillian Cantor
Another in the list of books about WWII and its aftermath, Margot by Jillian Cantor puts forth the supposition, what if Anne Frank's older sister had survived the war? The author herself says that she got the idea while reading The Diary of Anne Frank for the second time. She began to wonder, what...
The Aussie Zombie
The Aussie Zombie rated it
5.0 Margot
From the very moment I first heard about Margo, I wanted it in my hands. I've said it a hundred times, but Historical Fiction is the genre I grew up reading - I love the insights into life in the past, the characters, the atmosphere - absolutely everything about it. And although Margot is based on...
Tiffany's Bookshelf
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5.0 Margot
The Aussie Zombie
The Aussie Zombie rated it
5.0
From the very moment I first heard about Margo, I wanted it in my hands. I've said it a hundred times, but Historical Fiction is the genre I grew up reading - I love the insights into life in the past, the characters, the atmosphere - absolutely everything about it. And although Margot is based on...
Sharon E. Cathcart
Sharon E. Cathcart rated it
5.0 Fascinating look at "what might have been"
Jillian Cantor's "Margot" is a different kind of speculative historical fiction: what might have happened if Anne Frank's sister, Margot, had survived the camps and come to the United States?As Margie Franklin, Margot pretends to be a Gentile. She wears sweaters, even in the sweltering Philadelphi...
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