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William Morrow
February 2017
On Sale: February 14, 2017
324 pages
ISBN: 0062382489
EAN: 9780062382481
Kindle: B01FQPERTI
Hardcover / e-Book
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Historical
One very special work of art—a Chaim Soutine
painting—will connect the lives and fates of two different
women, generations apart, in this enthralling and
transporting debut novel that moves from World War II Vienna
to contemporary Los Angeles. It is 1939 in Vienna, and
as the specter of war darkens Europe, Rose Zimmer’s parents
are desperate. Unable to get out of Austria, they manage to
secure passage for their young daughter on a
kindertransport, and send her to live with strangers in
England. Six years later, the war finally over, a
grief-stricken Rose attempts to build a life for herself.
Alone in London, devastated, she cannot help but try to
search out one piece of her childhood: the Chaim Soutine
painting her mother had cherished. Many years later,
the painting finds its way to America. In modern-day Los
Angeles, Lizzie Goldstein has returned home for her father’s
funeral. Newly single and unsure of her path, she also
carries a burden of guilt that cannot be displaced. Years
ago, as a teenager, Lizzie threw a party at her father’s
house with unexpected but far-reaching consequences. The
Soutine painting that she loved and had provided lasting
comfort to her after her own mother had died was stolen, and
has never been recovered. This painting will bring
Lizzie and Rose together and ignite an unexpected
friendship, eventually revealing long-held secrets that hold
painful truths. Spanning decades and unfolding in
crystalline, atmospheric prose, The Fortunate Ones
is a haunting story of longing, devastation, and
forgiveness, and a deep examination of the bonds and desires
that map our private histories.
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