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The Women of Chateau Lafayette
by Stephanie Dray
Published Mar 2022
Read ReviewsAn epic saga from New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Dray based on the true story of an extraordinary castle in the heart of France and the remarkable women bound by its legacy.
by Dasa Drndic
Published Mar 2015
Read Reviews"A masterpiece" (A.N. Wilson), this many-layered novel of WWII combines fiction with a Sebaldian collage of facts to explore the fate of Italian Jews under Nazi occupation, through the intimate story of a mother's search for her son
by Chris Bohjalian
Published Apr 2013
Read ReviewsThe Sandcastle Girls is a sweeping historical love story steeped in Chris Bohjalian's Armenian heritage.
by Sarah McCoy
Published Aug 2012
Read ReviewsA routine interview between a reporter and an elderly baker brings out memories of darker times: her life in Germany during that last bleak year of WWII. As their lives become more intertwined, all are forced to confront the uncomfortable truths of the past and seek out the courage to forgive.
by Diane Ackerman
Published Sep 2008
Read ReviewsA true story, as powerful as Schindlers List, in which the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo saved hundreds of people from Nazi hands.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
by John Boyne
Published Oct 2007
Read ReviewsGermany 1942: Bruno's family moves to a new house, where he he meets another boy whose life and circumstances are very different to his own. Their meeting results in a friendship that has devastating consequences.
by Markus Zusak
Published Sep 2007
Read ReviewsA story about, among other things: A girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. . . .an unforgettable story about the ability of books to feed the soul. Winner of the 2007 BookBrowse Ruby Award.
by Jean-Jacques Greif
Published Sep 2006
Read ReviewsWhen Moshes emigrates to Paris in the 1930s, it means a new life: A decent job, a lovely young wife, and a hobby as an amateur boxer. Until the day he is rounded up and sent to Auschwitz. There he is tortured, starved, asked to entertain Nazi soldiers by boxing against dying prisoners. Moshe wants to survive without killing his comrades, but ...
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