Doubleday
July 2011
On Sale: July 12, 2011
Featuring: Roger Dykmans; Jack Harrington; Charlotte Gold
304 pages ISBN: 0385534205 EAN: 9780385534208 Hardcover Add to Wish List
Pam Jenoff, whose first novel, The Kommandantβs Girl, was a Quill Award finalist, a Book Sense pick, and a finalist for the ALA Sophie Brody Award, joins the Doubleday list with a suspenseful story of love and betrayal set during the Holocaust.
An ambitious novel that spans decades and continents, The Things We Cherished tells the story of Charlotte Gold and Jack Harrington, two fiercely independent attorΒneys who find themselves slowly falling for one another while working to defend the brother of a Holocaust hero against allegations of World War IIβera war crimes.
The defendant, wealthy financier Roger Dykmans, mysteriΒously refuses to help in his own defense, revealing only that proof of his innocence lies within an intricate timepiece last seen in Nazi Germany. As the narrative moves from Philadelphia to Germany, Poland, and Italy, we are given glimpses of the lives that the anniversary clock has touched over the past century, and learn about the love affair that turned a brother into a traitor.
Rich in historical detail, Jenoffβs astonishing new work is a testament to true love under the worst of circumstances.
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