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The Butterfly and the Violin by Kristy Cambron
5.0
There are some books that you know are going to impact your life. As you turn the pages the images, the story, becomes forever engrained in your mind. This is one of those books, prepare to became forever invested, forever changed.
The Butterfly and the Violin, is the set in both present day and during World War II. Cambron eloquently intertwines the two tales, transitioning between the two with ease. The book reveals itself the way history often does, over space and time.
Sera James, an art gallery owner, has been searching for an original painting of a portrait that has significant personal meaning to her from her childhood. This portrait is a piece of Holocaust art, of a woman playing the violin. A copy has James flying across the country to meet with its mysterious owner; the owner of the portrait passed away and she is left to deal with his grandson William Hanover. Mr. Hanover informs her that his grandfather willed his entire estate to the owner of the painting and therefore he too is seeking the original. Their paths are intertwined for the better or worse as they search for this piece.
Adele Von Bron is the daughter of a general of the Third Reich. She is Austria’s sweetheart, a title bestowed on her because of her talent as a violinist. Despite her family’s prominence in the Reich, Adele knows that what Germany is doing is wrong. She has fallen in love with Vladimir Nicolai, a musician and son of a merchant, a relationship that was doomed before it ever began. Her family would never approve of him because of his lower status; moreover they would not hesitate to report someone who was aiding those the Germans were trying to cleanse themselves of.
The Butterfly and the Violin, is the set in both present day and during World War II. Cambron eloquently intertwines the two tales, transitioning between the two with ease. The book reveals itself the way history often does, over space and time.
Sera James, an art gallery owner, has been searching for an original painting of a portrait that has significant personal meaning to her from her childhood. This portrait is a piece of Holocaust art, of a woman playing the violin. A copy has James flying across the country to meet with its mysterious owner; the owner of the portrait passed away and she is left to deal with his grandson William Hanover. Mr. Hanover informs her that his grandfather willed his entire estate to the owner of the painting and therefore he too is seeking the original. Their paths are intertwined for the better or worse as they search for this piece.
Adele Von Bron is the daughter of a general of the Third Reich. She is Austria’s sweetheart, a title bestowed on her because of her talent as a violinist. Despite her family’s prominence in the Reich, Adele knows that what Germany is doing is wrong. She has fallen in love with Vladimir Nicolai, a musician and son of a merchant, a relationship that was doomed before it ever began. Her family would never approve of him because of his lower status; moreover they would not hesitate to report someone who was aiding those the Germans were trying to cleanse themselves of.