Fern Schumer Chapman: 2 books
Motherland
Beyond the Holocaust: A Mother-Daughter Journey to Reclaim the Past
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2001
One woman's moving story of her journey with her mother to find their past and the tragedy that haunts it
In 1937, Edith Westerfeld's parents--before being killed by the Nazis--sent her from Germany to live with relatives in America. Fifty-four years later, Edith decided that it was time to,...
Is It Night or Day?
A Novel of Immigration and Survival, 1938-1942
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2010
It's 1938, and twelve-year-old Edith is about to move from the tiny German village she's lived in all her life to a place that seems as foreign as the moon: Chicago, Illinois. And she will be doing it alone. This dramatic and chilling novel about one girl's escape from Hitler's Germany was inspired...