The Lost Son by Stephanie Vanerslice is a love story,a story of endurance, and wonderful story! Julia is a young woman making a life in America with her husband during the depression era in the Queens. After a difficult birth, Julia comes home with her new baby, Nicholas. Because of her difficult birth, they hire a nurse to help them. However, Julia's husband and nurse kidnap the baby at six weeks of age and move to Germany leaving Julia and her older son, Johannes, in America to make a life alone. The novel jumps from young Julia to an older and wiser Julia still living in America and still trying to locate her son Nicholas. Older Julia meets a man named Paul Burns . Julia is cautious and she has yet to tell Paul about her previous life. Johannes comes for a visit before going to Germany during WWII to fight for America. Johannes knows about his brother, and when he gets to Germany he plans to try to find his brother. Julia is forced to tell Paul the story. Paul has connections that can help her possibly find her son. The story really picks up speed when Johannes is in Germany and Nicholas's name comes up. Two brothers on different sides of war!

Will the brothers reunite and will their life continue?
The book starts a little slow, but is well worth the read.

I really felt for Julia in this book, I don't know what else they could have thrown at her. It was a beautifully done historical novel and really made you care.