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Eli's Promise: A Novel
St. Martin's Press
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A "fixer" in a Polish town during World War II, his betrayal of a Jewish family, and a search for justice 25 years laterby the winner of the National Jewish Book Award. Eli's Promise is a masterful work of historical fiction spanning three erasNazi-occupied Poland, the American Zone of post-war Germany, and Chicago at the height of the Vietnam War. Award-winning author Ronald H. Balson explores the human cost of war, the mixed blessings of survival, and the enduring strength of family bonds. 1939: Eli Rosen lives with his wife Esther and their young son in the Polish town of Lublin, where his family owns a construction company. As a consequence of the Nazi occupation, Elis company is Aryanized, appropriated and transferred to Maximilian Poleskian unprincipled profiteer who peddles favors to Lublins subjugated residents. An uneasy alliance is formed; Poleski will keep the Rosen family safe if Eli will manage the business. Will Poleski honor his promise or will their relationship end in betrayal and tragedy? 1946: Eli resides with his son in a displaced persons camp in Allied-occupied Germany hoping for a visa to America. His wife has been missing since the war. One man is sneaking around the camps selling illegal visas; might he know what has happened to her? 1965: Eli rents a room in Albany Park, Chicago. He is on a mission. With patience, cunning, and relentless focus, he navigates unfamiliar streets and dangerous political backrooms, searching for the truth. Powerful and emotional, Ronald H. Balson's Eli's Promise is a rich, rewarding novel of World War II and a husbands quest for justice.
- | Author: Ronald H. Balson
- | Publisher: St. Martin's Press
- | Publication Date: September 22, 2020
- | Number of Pages: 352 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover
- | ISBN-10: 1250271460
- | ISBN-13: 9781250271464
- Author:
- Ronald H. Balson
- Publisher:
- St. Martin's Press
- Publication Date:
- September 22, 2020
- Number of pages:
- 352 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10:
- 1250271460
- ISBN-13:
- 9781250271464