While Were Far Apart, Lynn Austin
While Were Far Apart, Lynn Austin
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While We're Far Apart

Author: Lynn Austin

Narrator: Suzanne Toren

Unabridged: 14 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 11/12/2010

Synopsis

In an unassuming apartment building in Brooklyn, New York, three lives intersect as the reality of war invades each aspect of their lives. Young Esther is heartbroken when her father decides to enlist in the army shortly after the death of her mother. Penny Goodrich has been in love with Eddie Shaffer for as long as she can remember; now that Eddie's wife is dead, Penny feels she has been given a second chance and offers to care for his children in the hope that he will finally notice her and marry her after the war. And elderly Mr. Mendel, the landlord, waits for the war to end to hear what has happened to his son trapped in war-torn Hungary.But during the long, endless wait for victory overseas, life on the home front will go from bad to worse. Yet these characters will find themselves growing and changing in ways they never expected—and ultimately discovering truths about God's love … even when He is silent.

About Lynn Austin

Lynn Austin has sold more than 1.5 million copies of her books worldwide. A former teacher who now writes and speaks full-time, she has won eight Christy Awards for her historical fiction. One of those novels, Hidden Places, has also been made into an Original Hallmark Channel movie. Lynn and her husband have raised three children and make their home in western Michigan.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Simon on October 11, 2011

While We're Far Apart by Lynn Austin will definitely be considered as a boring book by many who judge a book only after reading a couple of chapters but for those who actually invest their time and energy to it, they will find it all worthwhile in the end. This book is emotional and will leave you t......more

Goodreads review by LeeAnn on July 24, 2013

I often take breaks from reading about WW2 because of the emotional ride I undergo. But, this book was special. The perspective of the characters was different than most WW2 stories since the main characters were in America. Jacob Mendel is a Jew who is stricken with grief as he awaits news from his......more

Goodreads review by Leya on February 04, 2021

This book made me cry. In all the very best ways! I don't cry super easily, but this book had me teary more than once with the sheer beauty and poignancy of the story. I loved the way the author wove together the experiences of multiple different characters in the middle of WWII, as they struggle to......more

Goodreads review by Louise on September 23, 2010

The novel opens in Brooklyn, New York in the fall of 1943 during WWII. Eddie Schaffer age 33 and his two children, 12-year-old Esther and 9-year-old Peter live in a small apartment upstairs from their landlord, Jacob Mendel. A year prior, Eddie’s wife Rachel was killed together with his landlord’s w......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on August 08, 2011

A beautifully told World War II Home Front story with interesting characters. I appreciated the truthful and sensitive acknowledgement of anti-Semitism in wartime America.......more

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