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Irish-Catholic and full of life and fun, the parents and their four boys take Addie into their lives immediately. The story begins with sixteen-year-old Italian Jewish immigrant Adelia (“Addie”) Montforte arriving in America in 1941, having been sent by her parents to take refuge from the Germans with her aunt and uncle in Philadelphia.Addie is despondent, but perks up when the three of them go to the New Jersey seaside for the summer and she meets the Connally family next door. And in a final, fateful choice, Addie discovers that the way home may be a path she never suspected. But the past, never far behind, nips at her heels, demanding to be reckoned. And perhaps even a chance to redeem lost time, lost family-and lost love. Needing to distance herself from grief and the prospect of greater pain, Addie flees-first to Washington and then London, where the bombs still scream by night-and finds a position at a prestigious newspaper. But all hopes for a future together are throttled by the creep of war and a tragedy that hits much closer to home. Though she adores all the Connally boys-sweet Robbie, moody Liam, studious Jack-it's Charlie she pines for: the eldest, the golden boy. That summer, she basks in the noisy affection of the boisterous Irish-Catholic clan next door. Despite never wanting to venture too near the ocean again, Addie is whisked away to the seaside by her well-meaning aunt and uncle, where slowly she begins to adapt to her new life.
Sixteen-year-old Adelia Monteforte begins the summer of 1941 aboard a crowded ship bound for America and the shelter it promises, utterly alone yet free of Fascist Italy, which is no longer safe for a young Jewish girl.
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