I have read books set during World War II written from the perspective of Holocaust […]
The Devil’s Reward, by Emmanuelle de Villepin
Christiane’s family might never have managed to reconnect if it weren’t for Rudolf Steiner and […]
Woman at 1,000 Degrees, by Hallgrímur Helgason
After the life she’s had, it’s probably not a surprise that Herbjörg María Björnsson (better […]
Darwin’s Ghosts, by Ariel Dorfman
Late in Ariel Dorfman’s philosophical novel Darwin’s Ghosts, a professor asks the protagonist, “who is not […]
1,000 Days on the River Kwai, by Cary Owtram
To date, most of what I know about the experience of Allied prisoners of the […]
In the Shadow of 10,000 Hills, by Jennifer Haupt
How do people forgive each other? Really forgive, not just say that it’s okay or […]
Disoriental, by Négar Djavadi
At the beginning of Disoriental, by Négar Djavadi and translated by Tina Kover, we sit down in the […]
Gateway to the Moon, by Mary Morris
There are many factors that contribute to the creation of a person. Three of them […]
The Forgotten Ones, by Steena Holmes
I don’t know that I’ve ever read a book about digging up family skeletons in […]
Nothing is Forgotten, by Peter Golden
If one’s parents are from Europe and emigrated to America in the late 1940s or […]