Crossing the Borders of Time: A true story of war, exile, and a love reclaimed

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France, 1941. Janine, a Jewish teenager, and Roland, her Catholic boyfriend, are passionately in love, and believe that nothing can come between them. But World War II intervenes, and Janine is forced to flee the Nazis with her family. They set sail from the docks of Marseille on one of the last ships to take Jews to safety. For 50 years, the last memory she has of Roland is an image of him in a rowboat on the sea, desperately trying to catch a last glimpse of her as the ship speeds towards the horizon. Janine and her family become refugees in Cuba and, later, settle in the United States. Their new world is unpredictable, but the family is bound together by love and their memories of happier years in Europe. Janine marries and has a family of her own, but never forgets her love for Roland. Decades later, Janine's daughter, journalist Leslie Maitland, decides to track down the lost love who has haunted her mother for so many years. What happens when she finds Roland changes all of their lives irrevocably, and proves that even the worst violence of the 20th century is not enough to extinguish hope, passion, and romance. Crossing the Borders of Time is at once an expansive history, a deeply personal family memoir, and a brilliant work of investigative journalism. Yet, above all else, it is a unique love story that will move you from the first page to its touching conclusion.

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'A mesmerizing memoir of one family's shattering experience during World War II. It's a tale at once heartbreaking and uplifting.' - Linda Fairstein, author of Silent Mercy. 'How the small flame of an undying love can illuminate the darkness of a tragic era. This elegantly told story is for everyone.' - James Carroll, author of Jerusalem, Jerusalem and Constantine's Sword.

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