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Format:
Book
Title:
The plateau
ISBN:
9781594634758
Publication:
New York : Riverhead Books, 2019.
Physical Description:
358 pages ; 24 cm
Contents:
Unanswered -- Days of awe -- Exodus -- First on the rope -- All the little crickets -- Hands and feet -- The hunt -- Hymn to spring -- La Burle -- Elsewhere -- Suffer the children -- Song of the Cheremsha -- Along came a spider -- Mashallah -- The fruit of the tree.
Summary:
"During World War II, French villagers offered safe harbor to countless strangers - mostly children - as they fled for their lives. The same place offers refuge to migrants today. Why?"-- Provided by publisher

In a remote pocket of Nazi-held France, ordinary people risked their lives to rescue many hundreds of strangers, mostly Jewish children. Paxson discovered the area had a tradition of offering refuge that dates back centuries. In researching the story of a distant relative-- Daniel Trocmé-- who sheltered a group of children on the Plateau, Paxson discovered new answers, new questions, and a renewed faith in the possibilities for us all, in an age when global conflict has set millions adrift. -- adapted from jacket
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