Home So Far Away - by Judith Berlowitz (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><b>Klara Philipsborn has just side-stepped the rise of Nazism in Berlin for a promising job in Madrid when a fascist military coup draws her into a war that calls her to volunteer her skills as a nurse and translator, a war in which decisions of the heart, and of her very identity, may cost her more than she signed up for.</b><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>A diary abandoned in Barcelona as Franco's fascist troops storm into the city in 1938 allows us to peek into the life of Klara Philipsborn, the only Communist in her merchant-class, German-Jewish family. <p/>Klara's first visit to Seville in 1925 opens her eyes and her spirit to an era in which Spain's major religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, shared deep cultural connections. <p><br></p><p>At the same time, she is made aware of the harsh injustices that persist in Spanish society. By 1930, she has landed a position with the medical school in Madrid. Though she feels compelled to hide her Jewish identity in her predominantly Christian new home, she finds that she feels less "different" in Spain than she did in Germany, especially as she learns new ways of expressing her opinions and desires. And when the Spanish Civil War erupts in 1936, Klara (now "Clara") enlists in the Fifth Regiment, a step that transports her across the geography of the embattled peninsula and ultimately endangers a promising relationship and even Clara's life itself. <br> <p/></p><p><br>A blending of thoroughly researched history and engrossing fiction, <i>Home So Far Away</i> is an epic tale that will sweep readers away.</p><p></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"An affecting, historically astute novel."<p><b>--</b><i><b>Kirkus Reviews</b><br></i></p><p><br></p><p>"Judith Berlowitz's <i>Home So Far Away</i>is like stepping into an Ernest Hemingway novel, with Kristin Hannah whispering in the reader's ear. Caught in the political strife around her, devoted to the war-injured she cares for, and struggling to surmount the betrayals of country, the powers over her, and her emerging and conflicting identities as a woman, a Jew, and a Communist, Klara Philipsborn is tossed in the storms that surround her, threatening her person and profession. This vividly told story, written as diary entries, is a captivating picture of one of the many young foreign nationals who committed their lives to this fraught time in twentieth-century Spain."</p><p><b>--Barbara Stark-Nemon, author of <i>Even in Darkness</i> and <i>Hard Cider</i></b></p><p><br></p><p>"With passionate commitment and conscientious research, Judith Berlowitz shares the story of her relative, Klara Philipsborn, a German-Jewish refugee who flees to Spain and enlists in the storied Quinto Regimiento in defense of the Republic during the Spanish Civil War . . . Berlowitz tells it with a gripping intensity that will catch you up and help you to understand this era in very personal, human terms."</p><p><b>--Nancy Wallach, Board of Governors, ALBA, Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives<br></b></p><p></p> <p/> <p></p><p></p><p></p><br>
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