Spare, intimate, and deeply moving.
Set between Nazi-occupied Vienna and wartime rural England, Shapiro’s novel traces two sisters as they are pushed from sheltered family life into early, uncompromising independence. When Anni and Rosie leave Vienna, they carry more than… The Secret Buttons by Ellen M. Shapiro
Spare, intimate, and deeply moving.
Set between Nazi-occupied Vienna and wartime rural England, Shapiro’s novel traces two sisters as they are pushed from sheltered family life into early, uncompromising independence. When Anni and Rosie leave Vienna, they carry more than… 
