Being Lena Levi

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ItÕs 1950: a mysterious stranger shows up at Marlene RobertÕs Canterbury home, turning her teenage world upside down. The exotic ÔMuttiÕ, a German Jew and Holocaust survivor, is th e mother she never knew she had. Years earlier, Mutti had sent the infant Marlene to England for safety but now she wants her daughter Ð her ÔLena LeviÕ Ð back. As Marlene finds her whole identity thrown into doubt, can she still trust her English ÔMumÕ? And can she rely on the charismatic Mutti, a volatile woman deeply scarred by the horrors of Auschwitz? Compelled to find out who she really is, Marlene boldly determines to go to the newly-founded state of Israel to resurrect a younger self she thought she had forgotten. For Marlene Roberts, being Lena Levi is going to be the adventure of a lifetime. Show more