Title: The moon looked down /
Authors: Garlock, Dorothy.
Publisher: Grand Central Pub.,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Single men Fiction.; Germans United States Social conditions Fiction.; World War, 1939-1945 Illinois Fiction.; Race discrimination Illinois Fiction.; Discrimination against people with disabilities Fiction.; German Americans Fiction; Illinois Race relations History Fiction.
Abstract: Sophie Heller and her family left Nazi Germany for a better life in Victory, Illinois. But when war fever sweeps the town, the Hellers become targets of suspicion, threats, and attacks. Sophie, working as a newspaperwoman, begins an investigation to uncover the truth. Cole Ambrose, a physically disabled local teacher, becomes her unexpected ally, and love.