Julia's Violinist
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Publisher Description
Julia, a young widow with two small children, is expelled from her Sudetenland home in post-WWII reprisals by the Czechs. Barely able to survive in refugee camps, Julia struggles to take care of her family. Resettled in southern Germany, she marries again. Her new husband, Karl, is a difficult but tenacious man, and life is hard. A letter from Canada offers Julia another chance at happiness. Michael, her first love from twenty years earlier, has found her through the Red Cross. He invites her to come to Canada. Will Julia uproot her life once again? Will running to Michael be the solution to her problems? And what about Karl?
Customer Reviews
Sweet Sorrow
Julia's Violinist is a novel about people. Not good people, not bad people, just people making their way through life. All the way, they are surrounded by tragedy, upheaval, and various sorts of love and necessity. It is a story about how deep happiness and great sadness can be exactly the same emotion. Be prepared to grit your teeth as you read, and to tear up, but also to be left with that mixed feeling of sweet sorrow.