EXILE MUSIC, A Novel by Jennifer Steil ( 2021 1st Ed.)

Author: Jennifer Steil. Published by Peguin Random House Books, 2020, 1st Edition, (1st Penguin Edition 2021) Printed in USA. Like New Condition SOFTCOVER Book. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 8.25 x 5.25 inch, 413 pages.

EXILE MUSIC, A Novel by Jennifer Steil, is based on an unexplored slice of World War II history. It is the captivating story of a young Jewish girl whose family flees refined and urbane Vienna for safe harbor in the mountains of Bolivia.

As a young girl growing up in Vienna in the 1930s, Orly has an idyllic childhood filled with music. Her father plays the viola in the Philharmonic, her mother is a well-regarded opera singer, her beloved and charismatic older brother holds the neighborhood in his thrall, and most of her eccentric and wonderful extended family live nearby. Only vaguely aware of Hitler's rise or how her Jewish heritage will define her family's identity, Orly spends her days immersed in play with her best friend and upstairs neighbor, Anneliese. Together they dream up vivid and elaborate worlds, where they can escape the growing tensions around them.