Carter, Betsy, 1945-

The puzzle king : a novel / by Betsy Carter. - 1st ed. - Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2009. - 344 p. ; 22 cm.

Inspired by her own family's legends, Carter tells a story of unlikely heroes, the lively, beautiful Flora and her husband, the brooding, studious Simon, two German Jewish immigrants who are each sent to America by their families to find better lives.

9781565125940 1565125940

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Jews--History--Germany--1933-1945--Fiction.
Immigrants--New York (State)--New York--Fiction.
Families--Fiction.


Historical fiction.

PS3603.A7768 / P89 2009

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