false 60409883 896512 5512 0393327809 9780393327809 43 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165522628m/5512.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165522628s/5512.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5512.The_Boy_Who_Loved_Anne_Frank_A_Novel 3.51 222 "An appealing and inventive novel…original and cathartic."—Dana Kennedy, New York Times On February 16, 1944, Anne Frank recorded in her diary that Peter, whom she at first disliked but eventually came to love, had confided in her that if he got out alive, he would reinvent himself entirely. This is the story of what might have happened if the boy in hiding survived to become a man.

Peter arrives in America, the land of self-creation; he flourishes in business, marries, and raises a family. He thrives in the present, plans for the future, and has no past. But when The Diary of a Young Girl is published to worldwide acclaim and gives rise to bitter infighting, he realizes the cost of forgetting.

Based on extensive research of Peter van Pels and the strange and disturbing life Anne Frank's diary took on after her death, this is a novel about the memory of death, the death of memory, and the inescapability of the past. Reading group guide included. .]]> 3727 3.43 492 118 2005 0 0 false Sat Jun 20 09:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 09:00:00 -0700 2009