I read a lot of historical fiction and many times the books can feel similar. This book was really unique and beautiful in its storytelling approach to such a terrible time in our world history.

When I was younger I devoured everything written by Alice Hoffman. I loved the way magic was infused into all her stories. This one stands apart from her other work, it is perhaps her greatest writing.

A story of love, life, and death. And, bravery. It challenges what we think we know about religion.

Alice Hoffman has written another lovely hard to put down novel. Her writing is always spare and moving and her characters have bold spirits. The magic that unites all her books always surprises but never seems out of place.

Alice Hoffman’s whimsical writing is intertwined brilliantly into this story of Holocaust sufferers. Another book of hers I couldn’t put down.

A story revealing the compassion within us all. The danger of those who will release the ugliness within us all. A word for this time, a caution for our future. A beautiful story.