OLD HEART
A new movie adapted from Peter Ferry’s acclaimed novel — out now!
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“A Stunning Story… Compelling, Entertaining”
Rick Kogan Chicago Tribune
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Old Heart novelist Peter Ferry
Hear Peter Ferry’s Interview on Old Heart with WGN’s Rick Kogan.
Peter Ferry’s award-winning novel Old Heart (Unbridled Books, 978-1-60953-117-1), has garnered a steadily widening readership since its first appearance in 2015. Dave Eggers called the book “astonishing.” The Chicago Tribune says the novel “will stay with you for keeps.” And Publishers Weekly asserts the novel is “life-affirming.”
Peter Ferry died in Indianapolis in September 2024 just days after Old Heart production began close to his beloved family home in South Haven, Michigan. Here is a tribute to Peter from the Chicago Tribune’s Rick Kogan.
Why I Wrote Old Heart by Peter Ferry appeared in Nu? Detroit.
The Play
“Thoroughly enjoyed the play, Melanie Lamrock ws outstanding.”
—Peter Bhatia, Editor-in-chief, Detroit Free Press.
Old Heart, was staged at Detroit’s Redford Theater in May 2022 where it was directed by Karl King. Kirk Wahamaki and LeslyeWitt directed the play at Muskegon Community College’s Overbrook Theater in May 2023. Adapted from Peter Ferry’s award-winning novel, Old Heart is an inspiring mixed race love story that illuminates the courage of two young people fighting to save lives in a divided country at the war’s end.”
The Novel
Peter Ferry’s award-winning novel Old Heart (Unbridled Books, 978-1-60953-117-1), has garnered a steadily widening readership since its first appearance in 2015. Dave Eggers called the book “astonishing.” The Chicago Tribune says the novel “will stay with you for keeps.” And Publishers Weekly asserts the novel is “life-affirming.”
The story
Old Heart tells the story of African American GI Tom Johnson who joins forces with 24-year-old Sarah van Praag and the Dutch resistance to smuggle food and supplies from the liberated south across Nazi lines to starving cities in the northern Netherlands. Their brief love affair collapses at the war’s end, and sixty years later Johnson, about to be sent off to assisted living by his family, disappears on a flight to Amsterdam. While his children desperately try to locate him, Johnson is determined to track down Sarah.