Julian Borger

'A powerful, eloquent and deeply affecting book. I loved it' EDMUND DE WAAL 'Tender, evocative and deeply moving' JONATHAN FREEDLAND 'Profound, elegiac and fascinating . . . I zipped through it' PHILIPPE SANDS 'Compelling' DAILY MAIL, BOOK OF THE WEEK 'Terrifying and enthralling' ALAN RUSBRIDGER 'A touching, fascinating tribute to a father' LITERARY REVIEW In 1938, before Kindertransport, Jewish parents...

'I SEEK A KIND PERSON WHO WILL EDUCATE MY INTELLIGENT BOY, AGED 11.' In 1938, Jewish families are scrambling to flee Vienna. Desperate, they take out adverts offering their children into the safe keeping of readers of a British newspaper, the Manchester Guardian. The right words in the right order could mean the difference between life and death. Eighty-three years...