Historical Fiction
“A standout among the many novels set in this world-changing
era.” KIRKUS STARRED REVIEW
The rise of Nazism in Austria catapults life in Vienna into chaos.
Emma grapples with the harsh new reality of her country’s betrayal,
and desperately clings to her humanity by hiding her Jewish friends. In the
war’s aftermath, she finds solace in helping those in even greater
need than herself.
Friedrich teeters on the edge of what is right and his personal survival.
His actions and inaction leave long-lasting repercussions that years later
threaten to throw all their lives into turmoil again
A decade after the war, Sophie – Friedrich’s niece, and the
daughter of Emma’s friend – returns to Vienna from her American
refuge seeking her lost history.
About the Author
Irene Wittig was born in Rome days after its liberation, to a Viennese
Jewish mother who’d found a modicum of safety in Italy. Memories of
her Viennese family and the fellow refugees and people displaced by war that
she grew up with in New York lie at the core of her novel ALL THAT LINGERS.
She absorbed their stories of loss, of difficult decisions and survival
against the odds, of rebuilding lives, even of triumph. She came to
understand how much of the past lingers for everyone who suffers loss and
injustice, and how it manifests itself in sorrow, anger, the loss of trust
and even faith. Yet resilience is proof that hope lingers as well for
without it the struggle would never be worthwhile.
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