Jennifer Steil

A "novel based on an unexplored slice of World War II history, following a young Jewish girl whose family flees refined and urbane Vienna for safe harbor in the mountains of Bolivia"--

Exile Music

Renee Blankenship

“Home has been with us all along, it lived in the air shimmering around her father’s strings.”
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Exile Music is a coming of age story AND a historical fiction saga that begins with the whispers of WWII and ends in the mountains of Bolivia decades later, following a family who is able to flee their home in Berlin before the start of the war. It’s been ages since I’ve read a HF that felt so sweepingly full of character, place, beautiful writing, depth and a sense of fulfillment in the end. I cared immensely for Orlanthe, whom you meet as a child, and her happiness as she grows into adulthood. I also loved the Bolivian setting, which felt like a welcome change of pace from most WWII fiction as well as young girl’s coming of age and finding herself against the backdrop of war and upheaval... I highly recommend this one!

Exile Music

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