All That Lingers

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The rise of Nazism in Austria catapults Emma's once idyllic life in Vienna into chaos. As she grapples with the harsh new reality of her country's betrayal, she desperately clings to her humanity by hiding her Jewish friends. In the aftermath, she finds solace in helping those in even greater need than herself.

 

The war sends Sophie, an innocent young girl, down unexpected paths. When she returns to Vienna from her American refuge, she will seek her lost history.

Friedrich, Sophie's uncle, teeters on the edge of what is right and his personal survival. His actions and inaction leave long-lasting repercussions that will threaten to throw all their lives into turmoil again.

 While ruminating on the vagaries of friendship, love, family, and country, this bittersweet tale of the three interweaving lives ultimately celebrates the resilience of the human spirit.

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About the author

Irene Wittig

Irene Wittig was born in Rome to a Viennese mother and Italian father, ten days after it was liberated by Allied forces. She arrived in the U.S. via Argentina, and grew up in New York, in a neighborhood of Holocaust survivors and fellow Europeans displaced by war whose stories she absorbed. After studying in New York, Germany and Maryland she worked for the Dept. of Defense in Washington, DC before moving to Naples, Italy where she lived for five years and met and married her husband. Later, she and her husband spent six years in Switzerland. After twenty years as a ceramic painter and teacher, Irene turned to writing. She and her husband have two children and four grandchildren and live in Arlington, Virginia. She is very  appreciative of reviews left on Amazon, Goodreads or your favorite eBook vendor or social media.