Remembrance: Stories of a Boy and His Country—LARGE PRINT

One old man’s memories. One young woman’s tribute. One grave reminder for all.A serendipitous meeting between Heinz, a World War II veteran, and Rachael, a lonely waitress, leads to an unlikely friendship—and the ultimate penning of this memoir-turned-novel.Each chapter based on a memory, Remembrance follows Heinz during his coming of age in Germany under the rise of Adolf Hitler. Even as he faces the trials and tribulations of youth—an authoritarian father, thwarted independence, the pangs of first love—the Nazis demand from him still more: to stand by while his best friend’s rights are revoked, to bend to the regime’s threats for conformity, and to surrender his body—and possibly his soul—as a conscript on the Russian front.At once gripping and yet tender, Remembrance is a cautionary tale about the consequences of choices made, for they are our very becoming. As Goethe warned: "Choose well. Your choice is brief, and yet endless." Read more