Lauren Grodstein

"Adam, a prisoner in the Warsaw Ghetto, is approached by a mysterious figure with a surprising request: Will he join a secret group of archivists working to preserve the truth of what is happening inside these walls? Adam agrees and begins taking testimonies from his students, friends, and neighbors. One of the people he interviews is his flatmate Sala, who is stoic, determined, and funny-and married with two children. Over the months of their confinement,...

"Lauren Grodstein breaks your heart, then miraculously pieces it back together so it's bigger-and stronger-than before."  -Celeste Ng, author of Everything I Never Told You How can a woman learn to let go of the people she loves the most?    Karen Neulander, a successful New York political consultant and single mother, has always been fiercely protective of her son, Jacob, now six. She's had to be: when Jacob's father, Dave, found out...