Finding Sophie

A quick but enlightening read into the life of a young half-Jewish girl, Sophie, who came to London from Germany through the Kindertransport during the Second World War to live with a family friend. Although not a true story, this is historical fiction and like Sophie, the author was also one of these children.

Sophie Mandel was only seven years old when she arrived in London on the first Kingertransport from Germany. She has grown up with a friend of her parents - a woman she calls Aunt Em - and despite the war and its deprivations, she has made a good life for herself in England. She has almost stopped thinking about the parents she left behind. Now the war is over and 14-year-old Spohie is faces with a terrible dilemma. Where does she belong?

Following Good-bye Marianne (1999) and Remember Me (2000), this riveting novel, set in London, completes the author's Kindertransport Trilogy.