Keeper of Lost Children by Sadeqa Johnson (2026), 464 pages
I loved this book. You
should go read it now.
The historical novel follows
three stories revolving around the left behind multi-racial children in
post-war Germany. This is a topic I had never really thought about and was
surprised on how big an issue it was. Many African American service members had
relations with white German women. Due to various issues, a lot of their
children ended up in orphanages in Germany. It is loosely based on the
real-life story of an African American woman, Mabel Treadwell Grammer, whose
husband was stationed in Mannheim and how she (almost) single-handedly adopted
and found homes in the US and Germany for hundreds of orphans. It is a
fascinating part of history and Johnson does an excellent job of telling the
story from various points of view, helping you to grasp the full consequences
of these relations and adoptions.
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