USA TODAY BESTSELLER &; &;Searing . . . a heartbreaking page-turner.&;&;People &;Both...
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USA TODAY BESTSELLER &; &;Searing . . . a heartbreaking page-turner.&;&;People &;Both heartbreaking and hopeful, this story of a daughter searching for the truth about her mother&;s secret past, tangled up in old secrets and terrible lies, kept me up late turning pages.&;&;Martha Hall Kelly, bestselling author of Lilac Girls This edition includes an exclusive reader&;s guide featuring thought-provoking questions for your book club and an interview with the author! Once inseparable, Berlin teenagers Ilse Fischer and Renate Bauer find their friendship ripped apart by their nation&;s abrupt swing into fascism. Ilse, a so-called Aryan, throws her lot in with the Nazi Party, while Renate sees her once-secure world dismantled by Adolf Hitler&;s race laws and then shattered by a shocking betrayal. Decades later, that same betrayal will upend the life of Ilse&;s daughter, Ava, as she discovers long-buried truths about her mother&;s past. A harrowing page-turner, Wunderland traces the lives of three women across two generations&;and the devastating repercussions of choices made in the dark days of wartime Germany.Praise for Wunderland&;Engrossing . . . Epstein reveals the devastating choices these women make.&;&;Real Simple&;Wunderland is both an engrossing family drama and a foray into a dark period of history . . . a wholly original angle to the WWII novel. You&;ll read it in one shivered sitting.&;&;Refinery29&;A vividly written and stark chronicle of Nazism and its legacies.&;&;Kirkus Reviews (starred review)&;A wealth of history turns Wunderland into a novel that&;s both beautiful and devastating. . . . Epstein taps into the 1930s prewar era, laying out an unsparing narrative that details tragic events and horrifying legacies . . . opening a new door that may lead to redemption and joy for future generations.&;&;BookPage (starred review)&;[A] heartbreaking historical tour de force . . . Man&;s inhumanity to man&;and the redemptive power of forgiveness&;is on stark and effective display in Epstein&;s gripping novel, a devastating tale bound for bestseller lists.&;&;Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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