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In Legacy of Silence, New York Times bestselling author Belva Plain creates an unforgettable story of a remarkable familyโand a deception that reaches across continents, oceans, and generations.Caroline Hartzinger flees wartime Europe with a shattered life and a devastating secret. Pregnant and unwed, she arrives in America in 1939. Joel Hirsch offers marriage and respectability, hoping one day to earn her love, if not the passion she feels for a man whose memory still haunts them both. With Joel, Caroline builds a new life, determined to bury the pastโuntil her daughter Eve brings Carolineโs carefully crafted world crashing down again, driven by a rage to learn the truth.
Now it is Eveโs secret, a legacy that taints her life and puts generations at risk. But with it comes a giftโa new sister, young enough to be her own daughter, who offers hope, then a truth that will finally break the hold of the past. ISBN:9780440226406