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When We Were Young

by Jaclyn Goldis
Erin Bennett
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Three generations of women come together in this page-turning debut full of family secrets, heart-wrenching drama, and the promise of second chances.
Corfu, 1942: To sixteen-year-old Sarah Batis, the Nazis are a distant danger—of far greater threat is the opposing needs of her heart and her people. Tradition demands that Sarah marry a Jewish man. Only Sarah has fallen in love with a fisherman outside their community. And when the Nazis invade, Sarah must watch from afar as her family is taken away. . .
Corfu, 2004: Sarah's daughter, Bea, has built a happy life with a steadfast husband and two independent daughters. Their summers on the Greek island with the Winn family appear idyllic, especially the love that blossoms between Bea's daughter Joey and Leo Winn. But there is a secret threatening their beach paradise.
Florida, 2019:Joey is only days away from marrying the nice Jewish man her family adores. The arrival of Leo, Joey's first love, sends her reeling. Even after fifteen years, the attraction between them burns bright—but Leo isn't looking for a happy reunion. He's there to reveal why he really broke up with her during their last summer together.
Weddings have a way of bringing out the best—and worst—in those you love the most. And as the revelations of her family flood to the surface, what Joey learns will either bring them closer together . . . or tear them apart forever.

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    February 16, 2021

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      • ISBN: 9781549160486
      • File size: 341148 KB
      • Duration: 11:50:43

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Booklist

      January 1, 2021
      Nothing hurts quite like the first broken heart, as both Joey and her grandmother Sarah know. While Joey has slowly healed from the way her childhood friend Leo broke her heart at 19, it doesn't mean that, now that she's in her 30s, she understands any better why it happened. Luckily, she has her fianc�, Grant, who has helped her learn to love again. But when Leo shows up 20 days before Joey's wedding, wanting to explain himself, it may crumble Joey's solid foundation. Meanwhile, Sarah has seemingly reconnected with her first love, Milos. As Sarah reflects, readers are transported back to 1942 Corfu, where 16-year-old Sarah meets the young fisherman. Their love goes against Sarah's Jewish religion, for Milos is not Jewish. As WWII enters Corfu, though, Sarah must make the decision to break her family's heart or her own. Goldis' solid debut is a story of two generations being broken by love and of building anew.

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