"Alice knew that Selma sometimes felt
judged by their mother and didn't always like it when Alice was praised and
Selma was not. Alice glanced over at her sister, but Selma was smiling at
Alice. In what Alice understood might be Selma's last act of generosity towards
her sister, Selma was going to let Alice bask in the glow of Emma's pride
toward her elder daughter. Then the three shared a hug, a hug that seemed to
last forever."
Alice Heppenheimer, born into a prosperous German Jewish family around the
turn of the twentieth century, comes of age at a time of growing opportunities
for women.
So, when she turns 21 years old, she convinces her strict family to allow
her to attend art school, and then pursues a career in women's fashion. Alice
prospers in her career and settles into married life, but she could not
anticipate a Nazi Germany, where simply being Jewish has become an existential
threat. Stumbling Stones is a novel based on the true story of
a woman driven to achieve at a time of persecution and hatred, and who is
reluctant to leave the only home she has ever known.
But as strong and resilient as Alice is, she now faces
the ultimate challenge - will she and her husband be able to escape Nazi
Germany or have they waited too long to leave?
Bonnie
Suchman is an attorney who has been practicing law for forty years. Using her
legal skills, she researched her husband's family's 250-year history in
Germany, and published a non-fiction book about the family, Broken
Promises: The Story of a Jewish Family in Germany. Bonnie found one
member of the family, Alice Heppenheimer, particularly compelling. Stumbling Stones tells Alice's story. Bonnie has two
adult children and lives in Maryland with her husband, Bruce.
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