LEFT COAST WRITERS BOOK LAUNCH:  Natalie: in the Shadow of the Swastika by Antoinette Constable

Monday, February 10, 2020 || 7pm
Book Passage|| San Francisco Ferry Plaza ||
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If you missed our event in Corte Madera celebrating Antoinette Constable’s new novel … even if you didn’t … join us on Monday evening at Book Passage in the San Francisco Ferry Plaza!

Author Antioniette Constable, who was a young girl in WWII France, has written a compelling coming-of-age novel for young adult readers. Natalie: in the Shadow of the Swastika. Set in 1940 occupied Paris, eight-year-old Natalie and her family—a Jewish mother, gentile father, and two sisters—cope with the harsh facts of war and Hitler’s occupying army. When her ailing father suddenly disappears, Natalie’s safe surroundings are forever changed. Her struggles with the painful family separation and the dangerous threats against her Jewish mother reveal a growing maturity in the face of confusing loss. Natalie’s fierce resolve to hold onto hope and her love of family leads her from innocence to understanding and resilience, despite the violence of war.

Born and raised in France, Antoinette Constable, a career nurse holding British and American degrees, has lived in the United States for many years, where she raised her four children as a single mother. Antoinette’s work has won the PENFirst Prize for Poetry, as well as the Ann Stanford Award from the University of Southern California, and has appeared (more…)