{"product_id":"they-were-good-germans-once-a-memoir-my-jewish-migr-family-9781953002389","title":"They Were Good Germans Once: A Memoir: My Jewish ?migr? Family","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A thoughtful, notable addition to the literature of the Holocaust . . . a poignant memoir.\" --Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThey Were Good Germans Once\u003c\/i\u003e, author and biographer Evelyn Toynton speaks to a universal immigrant family experience -- some embrace a new life, some forge a compromise between their new home and old traditions, while others never fully find their way. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough her series of essays, Toynton remembers her own relatives, some of whom left Germany as soon as Hitler came to power, others only escaping much later. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer family lost not only their native homeland and their sense of identity but many of the people they loved. Yet each found ways to give meaning to their lives, whether in their own small circles or in the world at large.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eToynton, Evelyn:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eEvelyn Toynton\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of three novels--\u003ci\u003eModern Art\u003c\/i\u003e (published by Delphinium Books, chosen as a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of the Year), \u003ci\u003eThe Oriental Wife\u003c\/i\u003e, and Inheritance--as well as a short biography of Jackson Pollock for Yale University Press's \u003ci\u003eIcons of America\u003c\/i\u003e series. Among the journals to which she has contributed are \u003ci\u003eThe London Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Harpers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Threepenny Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSalmagundi\u003c\/i\u003e, and numerous anthologies. For the past twenty-five years, she has lived in England, on the North Norfolk coast.","brand":"Delphinium Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50649541148946,"sku":"9781953002389","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_dbdc642e-4127-4cfe-9fde-9ac3e0488619.jpg?v=1755851491","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/they-were-good-germans-once-a-memoir-my-jewish-migr-family-9781953002389","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}