The Star on the Grave
A novel inspired by the 'Japanese Schindler', written by a woman who owes him her life
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4.3 • 7 Ratings
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- $16.99
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- $16.99
Publisher Description
In 1940, as the Nazis sweep toward Lithuania, Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara defies his government and secretly issues visas to fleeing Jewish refugees. After the war, Sugihara is dismissed and disappears into obscurity.
Three decades later, in Australia, Rachel Margol is shocked when her engagement reveals a long-held family secret: she is Jewish. As she grapples with this deception and the dysfunction it has caused, unspoken tragedies from the past begin to come to light. When an opportunity arrives to visit Chiune Sugihara, the man who risked his life to save the Margols during World War II, Rachel becomes determined to meet him. But will a journey to Japan, and the secrets it uncovers, heal the family or fracture them for good?
The Star on the Grave is a powerful and moving novel inspired by the true story of Chiune Sugihara, and the thousands of people - including the author - who owe him their lives
Customer Reviews
Star on a Grave
A book full of emotion, hard to put down it makes you really think about how life was in those times and how we should appreciate what we now have.
Great read!
Beautifully written story intertwining history & fiction. Couldn’t put it down once I started reading it.
With so much hatred and anti semitism in the world, it is important to see how one person doing the right thing can change so many lives.
Thank you Linda for telling the story and thank you Chiune Sugihara for issuing my grandparents and my father a transit visa in July 1940! We are eternally grateful xx