"Ostrich Feathers" (Hebrew & English editions)
A
baby girl is born in the middle of the Second World War, and survives in a
miraculous way thanks to the determination of her mother and the good
heartedness of simple people. An Israeli woman abandons her sheltered life and
goes on a quest in the trail of her father, whom she has never met. An old
Polish man that she meets in Krakow may help her search or actually complicate
it.
But the real hero of Ostrich Feathers is the lost father, who left no
footsteps in his wake, but rather ghost signs, crumbs of memories that await their
detection. The quest continues over years and continents, driven by the will power
of a loving daughter and the uncompromising need for revealing the truth. In the course
of the search, the heroine - the baby girl and the woman - undergoes exceptional
change.
Ostrich Feathers is a touching and thrilling book that interlaces universal
truths: the unbreakable relations between past and present, between Jewish and Israeli
characters, between parents and their children and vice-versa. It teaches a valuable
lesson of the victory of optimism over hopelessness and a laxity of the spirit.
Hebrew Edition printed in 2007
English Edition printed in 2009
See also: www.ostrich–feather.com
For more info on this book, contact the authoress (a Krakow genealogist):
Miriam Romm.
