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Chicago-based author Fern Schumer Chapman has written several award-winning books. Viking/Penguin released her most recent work, BROTHERS, SISTERS, STRANGERS: Sibling Estrangement and the Road to Reconciliation, in 2021. She writes a blog for psychologytoday.com, and some of her posts are compiled in her latest work, THE SIBLING ESTRANGEMENT JOURNAL: A Guided Exploration of Your Experiences through Writing. Her memoir, MOTHERLAND, is a popular choice for book clubs, and IS IT NIGHT OR DAY? is read in many middle and high school classes. Twice, Oprah shows have featured her work.
It's 1938 and, to flee the Nazis, 12-year-old Edith is about to move from her tiny German village to a place that seems as foreign as the moon: Chicago, Illinois. And she is doing it alone.