Shattered Seeds:"Sofia's Story" Special Edition II

Shattered Seeds: "Sofia's Story" Special Edition II In 1938, at age eighteen, her traditional German father had arranged Sofia's marriage to the neighborhood policeman -- turned Nazi. Sofia ran away from her husband, taking their two young children in January 1944. It was a flight that had shattered her life, causing her to become a refugee to America where she started a new life, becoming rich and famous. In 2008 when the novel opens, Sofia is an old woman facing death. She wants to put her affairs in order. She decides to will the one item she values most in her vast estate to a perfect stranger. The item is her German grandmother's heirloom quilt. The stranger is a young editor for a woman's magazine searching for her biological family, a Vietnamese woman and an African American soldier. The two women share their stories at a meeting at Sofia's house in Pittsburgh. Sofia's story of the quilt and what it has meant in her life unites them and they form a bond that transcends time and the distance of three continents. Set in Berlin, Pittsburgh, and Saigon, the novel is Lit. Fic. set in history suitable for young adult readers and adult readers of all ages. This novel has been rewritten and retitled ANEW. It is a stand alone novel and the author's first in the her collection titled 'The Scattered Seeds, Tales from the great melting pot'. ANEW is available in paperback and eBook at amazon. It is a print on demand and available at retail and bookstores. It is also at some libraries. Ask for it. More information about this and all the authors books may be found on her website http://www.clugallagher.com/