Imposter

This historical novel is based on true events in the life of Johanna, the author’s grandmother, and starts in central Germany, her birthplace. She travels through two world wars to end up in The Netherlands.

Johanna’s father was an itinerant shoemaker from the eastern backwoods of Pomerania in the German Empire of 1880. Aching for a life of accomplishment and respect, Johanna resolves to escape her dad's fate of early death, the stigma of his mixed Slavic-German heritage, and the poverty t...