He gave her his coat and she told him the story with the partisan unit. After walking a block or so, Sava took her to this museum where there was a couple, Serif and Stela, and their baby, Hebib, “Lola looked up and recognized her. It was the young wife who offered her coffee when she came to collect the laundry” (78). The couple had welcomed Lola into their home and given her refuge. They gave her the Muslim name Leila, dressed her in Muslim clothes and told her that she was here as a maid to help Stela with the baby. After weeks, Lola got used to living with Serif, Stela and Habib and was less afraid of being captured by German soldiers. One day Serif returned from the library and had brought with him the Haggadah, a Jewish book. Stela was worried about having the book in the house, so Serif returned it to the mosque library where it will probably not be found by the Nazis. Afterwards, they had traveled "out of town, to a beautiful house with a high stone wall" (89), where Lola said goodbye to Stela and the baby and she and Serif walked into the darkness. After reading the chapter "The Wing of an Insect", I would recommend The People of the Book to college students interested in the events that occurred during World War II. Also, students who major in History or English and enjoy reading about the religion of the Jews
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