1914. For Paul, with love. Jewish silversmith Johann Blumenthal engraved those words
on his most exquisite creation, a singing filigree bird inside a tiny
ornamented box. He crafted this treasure for his young son before leaving to
fight in a terrible war to honor his beloved country—a country that would soon
turn against his own family.
A half century later, Londoner
Lilian Morrison inherits the box after the death of her parents. Though the
silver is tarnished and dented, this much-loved treasure is also a link to an
astonishing past. With the keepsake is a letter from Lilian’s mother, telling
her daughter for the first time that she was adopted. Too young to remember,
Lilian was rescued from a Germany in the grips of the Holocaust. Now only she
can trace what happened to a family who scattered to the reaches of the world,
a family forced to choose between their heritage and their dreams for the
future.
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