Fall frolics

Shoes for Amelie

By Sarah Rosenfeld

A review of Shoes For Amelie by Connie Colker Steiner

Published on October 1, 2001

Shoes For Amelie
Connie Colker Steiner

Lobster Press
$17.95
hardcover

Shoes for Amélie (Lobster Press, $17.95, hardcover, 8 to 10) takes us to Nazi-occupied France. Connie Colker Steiner tells the story of a young boy and his family who helped hide a young Jewish girl. A short historical note follows the story of good will in bad times. mRb

Sarah Rosenfeld is a writer and associate editor for a travel and leisure magazine for Canadian physicians.

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