We must not think of ourselves
(Playaway Audiobook)
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Published
Solon, Ohio : Playaway Products, LLC, [2024].
ISBN
1668643235, 9781668643235
Physical Desc
1 audio media player (09:03:09) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Wellesley - AV/New | NEW PLAYAWAY FICTION Grodstein, L. | On Holdshelf |
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Published
Solon, Ohio : Playaway Products, LLC, [2024].
Format
Playaway Audiobook
Language
English
ISBN
1668643235, 9781668643235
Notes
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Issued on Playaway.
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Release date supplied by publisher.
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One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for playback.
General Note
Previously released by Hachette Audio.
Participants/Performers
Performed by a full cast.
Description
"This book is a masterpiece: profound, gripping, urgent, and beautiful." --Madeline Miller, New York Times bestselling author of Circe and The Song of Achilles. A heart-wrenching story of love and defiance set in the Warsaw Ghetto, based on the actual archives kept by those determined to have their stories survive World War II. On a November day in 1940, Adam Paskow becomes a prisoner in the Warsaw Ghetto, where the Jews of the city are cut off from their former lives and held captive by Nazi guards, and await an uncertain fate. Weeks later, he is approached by a mysterious figure with a surprising request: Will he join a secret group of archivists working to preserve the truth of what is happening inside these walls? Adam agrees and begins taking testimonies from his students, friends, and neighbors. He learns about their childhoods and their daydreams, their passions and their fears, their desperate strategies for safety and survival. The stories form a portrait of endurance in a world where no choices are good ones. One of the people Adam interviews is his flatmate Sala Wiskoff, who is stoic, determined, and funny--and married with two children. Over the months of their confinement, in the presence of her family, Adam and Sala fall in love. As they desperately carve out intimacy, their relationship feels both impossible and vital, their connection keeping them alive. But when Adam discovers a possible escape from the Ghetto, he is faced with an unbearable choice: Whom can he save, and at what cost? Inspired by the testimony-gathering project with the code name Oneg Shabbat, New York Times bestselling author Lauren Grodstein draws readers into the lives of people living on the edge. Told with immediacy and heart, We Must Not Think of Ourselves is a piercing story of love, determination, and sacrifice for the many fans of literary World War II fiction such as Kristin Harmel's The Book of Lost Names and Lauren Fox's Send for Me.
Target Audience
Adult.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Grodstein, L. (2024). We must not think of ourselves . Playaway Products, LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Grodstein, Lauren. 2024. We Must Not Think of Ourselves. Playaway Products, LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Grodstein, Lauren. We Must Not Think of Ourselves Playaway Products, LLC, 2024.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Grodstein, Lauren. We Must Not Think of Ourselves Playaway Products, LLC, 2024.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
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