A Slow Train To Budapest, Part 2: Interlude in Eden

by Ann Abelson, Lenny Cavallaro (Editor)

In Part One of A SLOW TRAIN TO BUDAPEST, we learned about a remarkable, almost implausible coincidence. Miriam, an impregnated teenager from the Breitendorf shtetl got on the wrong train and seemed hopelessly lost, yet she miraculously found her way to the door of her brother's mother-in-law, who graciously invited her to stay until she had safely delivered. Part Two takes us into her sojourn in Gotlein, the plans made for her child, the problems that arise, the difficult pregnancy, and the ultimate birth. What choices does Miriam have? Will she give up her child to the odious "Herr Doktor Professor"? Part Two of this saga has been prompted by the success of the first. It has been painstakingly recovered, edited, and (minimally) revised from an incomplete manuscript with handwritten notes, yet it truly captures the author's voice and presents a wonderful continuation of the original narrative.

47 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 2, 2015