It is only when the boy begins talking to an old family friend that he comes to realize that his imaginary sibling had a real predecessor: a half brother whose death in the concentration camps is part of a buried family secret that he was intended never to uncover."--(http://www.readinggroupguides.com/guides_M/memory1.asp). -- "At 15, a violent altercation with a schoolroom bully over a lesson on Holocaust victims results in the revelation of his origins: Grimbert, the narrator?s family?s name, was once Grinberg, and the story of his parents? romantic retreat to the country during the war is shattered by a heartbreaking story of betrayal and sacrifice in occupied France. For Grimbert, the aftermath of WWII forced survivors into prisons of their own memories and denial, bound together by an impossible grief." - (Editorial Review, Publishers Weekly vol. 254 iss. 45, p. 35 (c) 11/12/2007).
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It is only when the boy begins talking to an old family friend that he comes to realize that his imaginary sibling had a real predecessor: a half brother whose death in the concentration camps is part of a buried family secret that he was intended never to uncover."--(http://www.readinggroupguides.com/guides_M/memory1.asp). -- "At 15, a violent altercation with a schoolroom bully over a lesson on Holocaust victims results in the revelation of his origins: Grimbert, the narrator?s family?s name, was once Grinberg, and the story of his parents? romantic retreat to the country during the war is shattered by a heartbreaking story of betrayal and sacrifice in occupied France. For Grimbert, the aftermath of WWII forced survivors into prisons of their own memories and denial, bound together by an impossible grief." - (Editorial Review, Publishers Weekly vol. 254 iss. 45, p. 35 (c) 11/12/2007).
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