Earth and High Heaven was the first Canadian novel to reach #1 on The New York Times bestseller list in 1944 and stayed on the list for 37 weeks, selling 125,000 copies in the United States that year.
Set during World War II, the novel portrays a romance between Erica Drake, a young woman from a wealthy Protestant family and a Jewish lawyer and soldier. The young lovers are forced to confront and...
Gwethalyn Graham - Earth and High Heaven
Earth and High Heaven
Gwethalyn Graham
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Earth and High Heaven was the first Canadian novel to reach #1 on The New York Times bestseller list in 1944 and stayed on the list for 37 weeks, selling 125,000 copies in the United States that year.
Set during World War II, the novel portrays a romance between Erica Drake, a young woman from a wealthy Protestant family and a Jewish lawyer and soldier. The young lovers are forced to confront and overcome the anti-semitism of their society in their quest to form a lasting relationship.