The meaning of names
Subtitle: a novel
By: Karen Gettert Shoemaker
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9781597099592
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Violence against; German Americans; Families; German American women; Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919; Fiction
Description: "Set in 1918 in the farm country at the heart of America, The Meaning of Names is the story of an ordinary woman trying to raise a family during extraordinary times. Estranged from her parents because she married against their will, confronted with violence and prejudice against her people, and caught up in the midst of the worst plague the world has ever seen, Gerda Vogel, an American of German descent, must find the strength to keep her family safe from the effects of a war that threatened to consume the whole world. The Meaning of Names re-creates a world gone by that speaks eloquently to modern day issues" --