A Tale of Two Citizens: A Novel

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A lie is the only thing that can get twenty-year-old Harry Himelbaum past the cold scrutiny of Ellis Island's immigration official, Will Brown. A lie that locks them in a deadly battle. It is 1929. At home, economic depression and dust storms ravage America, and abroad, the goose step of Nazism is intensifying. Widespread fear of "the other" has re

Elyce Wakerman is the author of Father Loss: Daughters Discuss the Man That Got Away, which captured the immediate and long-range effects of a father's absence. She resides in Sherman Oaks, California.

"A timely reminder of America's strong roots as a nation of immigrants. . . . All of the characters, from Harry's wife and sister-in-law back in Poland to Will's wife, Barbara, are complex and authentic. . . . This well-researched, absorbing and stellar novel is one I'd recommend without hesitation." Historical Novel Society "A timely reminder of America's strong roots as a nation of immigrants. . . . All of the characters, from Harry's wife and sister-in-law back in Poland to Will's wife, Barbara, are complex and authentic. . . . This well-researched, absorbing and stellar novel is one I'd recommend without hesitation." Historical Novel Society