{"product_id":"just-enough-to-start-over-paperback","title":"Just Enough to Start Over - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSara Gothelf Bloom\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A deeply moving novel with so much soul on display that one can only rejoice.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Jay Parini, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Last Station\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBorges and Me\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A gorgeous novel, \u003ci\u003eJust Enough to Start Over\u003c\/i\u003e is a feat of imagination.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A gorgeously written novel, all at once profound, relatable, and wry . . . \u003ci\u003eJust Enough to Start Over \u003c\/i\u003ewowed me.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Elinor Lipman, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Inn at Lake Devine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA pianist, an artist, and a poet, the three Dubrovsky sisters have grown up in comfort in Mannheim, Germany. As the threat of the Nazi party looms ever larger, the family packs their lives into two crates and flees to China. \u003ci\u003eJust Enough to Start Over\u003c\/i\u003e follows their experiences as refugees in Shanghai (and London, and Toronto); their crash-landing with a cousin in New York; the slow effort to build a life in a new country; and, later, the struggle of the family's American daughter to find her own identity outside of their difficult history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEchoing the Dubrovskys' odyssey is the story of their three valuable paintings. First stolen, then transported through wartime Europe and the Soviet Union, these artworks and the lives they encounter on their journeys deepen the book's perspectives. Meanwhile, historical figures including Max Beckmann, the Austrian Expressionist Marie-Louise von Motesiczky, and members of the Soviet Trophy Brigade all play their parts in this wry and poignant novel of loss, resilience, and the saving grace of creating art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSara Gothelf Bloom\u003c\/b\u003e was raised in Brooklyn, New York, and spent much of her adult life in Germany, working at the Heidelberg Opera and as a freelance concert singer. For more than twenty years, she toured the country as a soloist with a small ensemble doing concerts of Yiddish songs for German audiences. Today, she lives in Brooklyn, and \u003ci\u003eJust Enough to Start Over\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 254\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 02, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44379444281446,"sku":"9781589882089","price":25.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/aC-gmWqg-j9781589882089.webp?v=1768921230","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/just-enough-to-start-over-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}