Bibliograph

The cut out girl, a story of war and family, lost and found, Bart van Es

Type

Label

The cut out girl, a story of war and family, lost and found, Bart van Es

Language

eng

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsportraits

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The cut out girl

Responsibility statement

Bart van Es

Sub title

a story of war and family, lost and found

Summary

Little Lien wasn't taken from her Jewish parents in the Hague - she was given away in the hope that she might be saved. Hidden and raised by a foster family in the provinces during the Nazi occupation, she survived the war only to find that her real parents had not. Much later, she fell out with her foster family, and Bart van Es - the grandson of Lien's foster parents - knew he needed to find out why. His account of tracing Lien and telling her story is a searing exploration of two lives and two families. It is a story about love and misunderstanding and about the ways that our most painful experiences - so crucial in defining us - can also be redefined

Target audience

adult

Creator