![]() ![]() At the camp, gays were known as “pinks,” after the pink triangles they had to wear on their uniforms, and were even lower on the totem pole than Jewish prisoners. Fridgen ( Ruth 3:5, 2012) offers a compelling story within a story: As Riley grapples with an unyielding coach, an overbearing mother and a teammate’s devastating accident, Jens recounts his teenage years imprisoned in a concentration camp after he was caught kissing another man. ![]() ![]() It’s clear that Jens is hiding something, and as Riley attempts to uncover the mystery, he discovers he and the elderly man have more in common than he initially thought. Although he’d much rather be on the ice, he begrudgingly agrees to serve as a companion for the elderly Jens Jaenisch, a reclusive and mysterious retired professor. Star hockey player Riley Hunter is failing his sociology class at the University of Minnesota, so his professor offers him an unusual extra-credit assignment. A heartfelt, harrowing novel about an unlikely friendship between a college hockey jock and an elderly Holocaust survivor. ![]()
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