LAUREN FOX, who earned her M.F.A. from the University of Minnesota, is the author of the novels Days of Awe, Still Life with Husband, and Friends Like Us. Her work has appeared in numerous publications, including The New York Times, Marie Claire, Parenting, Psychology Today, The Rumpus, and Salon. She lives in Milwaukee with her husband and two daughters.
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An anthropological excavation... It is haunted throughout by the
endlessly fascinating question of inheritance. How much of our
stories -- and which parts -- truly belong to us?... The book is a
real achievement -- beautifully written, deeply felt, tender and
thoughtful... The storytelling is patient, generous... The major
accomplishment of "Send for Me" [is] its vivid depiction of a
family's heartbreak, its rending and rebuilding.
--Clare Lombardo, New York Times Book Review
An artfully constructed and richly absorbing novel that shows how
love is strengthened, not weakened, over distance and time."
--Malcolm Forbes, Minneapolis Star Tribune Fox crafts a
heartbreaking tale about how the separation of one mother and
daughter was so excruciating that the shadow of that moment lingers
on in the family's descendents. Send for Me examines how trauma can
be inherited and how it's lingering aches can impact future
generations.
--The Middletown Press Real family letters from Nazi era heighten
Send for Me... The Shorewood writer has fused her vocation and her
legacy in a memorable way. Her historical novel Send for Me builds
on those letters to portray four generations of women in a family
ruptured by the Nazi regime... Relevant.
--Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel A sense of foreboding
shadows this bittersweet intergenerational tale of love and
trauma... Subtle, striking, and punctuated by snippets of family
letters.. Fox has imbued this deeply personal, ultimately hopeful
novel, which she explains in an author's note is based on her own
family's story, with emotion, empathy, and an essential
understanding of the complicated bonds between generations and the
importance of reckoning with the past in order to embrace the
future.
An intimate, insightful, intricately rendered story of
intergenerational trauma and love.
--Kirkus, starred Fox deftly moves between generations as she
illuminates the ways that choices echo through the lives of those
who came after. This thoughtful, character-driven exploration of
the unbreakable bonds of motherhood will appeal to fans of Alice
Hoffman and Elizabeth Berg."
--Booklist "Send For Me is a rare and beautiful novel. In luminous
prose, with great economy and precision, Lauren Fox twines together
two stories: one that explores both the menace and the day-to-day
ordinariness of life in Germany under Hitler, and its aftermath,
and one that captures the yearning and intensity of youth in the
present day. While sorrow may be inevitable, Fox seems to say, life
is also threaded with hope and joy and human connection. I loved
this book."
--Christina Baker Kline, author of Orphan Train Send For Me is
stunning in its tender poignancy. A beautifully told story of
intergenerational loves and sorrows, the long shadow of memory, and
how hope can repair the heartache woven into a family's DNA.
--Jennifer Rosner, author of The Yellow Bird Sings Imbued
with lyrical prose, Send For Me is a beautiful tale of
heartbreak and renewal, and of the love and loss we carry with us,
generation after generation.
--Georgia Hunter, author of We Were the Lucky Ones Spanning
generations and continents, from pre-WWII Germany to current day
midwestern America, Send For Me is a richly imagined
testament to the ties that bind: the intricate web of familial
duty, the profound love between mothers and daughters, and the
tension between honoring one's heritage while not being defined by
it. Lauren Fox's first historical novel is moving, heartfelt, and
filled with love.
--Whitney Scharer, author of Age of Light
Fox satisfyingly brings this story of love and desire full circle,
as Clare and Ruth reflect on what it means to be both a mother and
a child in the darkest of times. This tender and deeply inspired
story will move readers.
--Publishers Weekly
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