THE BAHRAINI PEARLS,

       a string of dreams

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     Katharina shelters her Jewish friend, Elise, with her newborn at her home in Berlin the night of Kristallnacht. The Nazi SS burst into Katharina’s home, seizing Elise, mistakenly taking Katharina’s baby along with her. 

     Left behind, Katharina finds her world completely shattered.  She watches as Elise's baby raises his tiny hands to her face, as if to wipe away her tears. And that is when she notices—he is tightly clasping his mother’s pearls.

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     In the sequel, Katharina and Elise travel individual paths through WWII. Each suffer tremendous losses, including separation from their infants, death of family, and emigration from their homeland. It is their love, friendship, and faith that navigate their life trajectories until finally, the Bahraini pearl necklace becomes the catalyst to their happy reunion in NYC seven years later.