USA TODAY┬аBESTSELLER тАв┬атАЬSearing . . . a heartbreaking page-turner.тАЭтАФPeople
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тАЬBoth heartbreaking and hopeful, this story of a daughter searching for the truth about her motherтАЩs secret past, tangled up in old secrets and terrible lies, kept me up late turning pages.тАЭтАФMartha Hall Kelly, bestselling author of┬аLilac Girls
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NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY REAL SIMPLE
Once inseparable, Berlin teenagers Ilse Fischer and Renate Bauer find their friendship ripped apart by their nationтАЩs 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 HitlerтАЩs race laws and then shattered by a shocking betrayal. Decades later, that same betrayal will upend the life of IlseтАЩs daughter, Ava, as she discovers long-buried truths about her motherтАЩs past. A harrowing page-turner, Wunderland traces the lives of three women across two generationsтАФand the devastating repercussions of choices made in the dark days of wartime Germany.
Praise for Wunderland
тАЬEngrossing . . . Epstein reveals the devastating choices these women make.тАЭтАФReal Simple
тАЬWunderland┬аis both an engrossing family drama and a foray into a dark period of history . . . a wholly original angle to the WWII novel. YouтАЩll read it in one shivered sitting.тАЭтАФRefinery29
тАЬA vividly written and stark chronicle of Nazism and its legacies.тАЭтАФKirkus Reviews┬а(starred review)
тАЬA wealth of history turns┬аWunderland┬аinto a novel thatтАЩs 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.тАЭтАФBookPage┬а(starred review)
тАЬ[A] heartbreaking historical tour de force . . . ManтАЩs inhumanity to manтАФand the redemptive power of forgivenessтАФis on stark and effective display in EpsteinтАЩs gripping novel, a devastating tale bound for bestseller lists.тАЭтАФPublishers Weekly┬а(starred review)