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August 2014
On Sale: July 29, 2014
288 pages
ISBN: 0062228919
EAN: 9780062228918
Kindle: B00DB367IW
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Fiction
The Tiger’s Wife meets A History of Love
in this inventive, lushly imagined debut novel that explores
the intersections of family secrets, Jewish myths, the
legacy of war and history, and the bonds between
sisters. When Eli Burke dies, he leaves behind a
mysterious notebook full of stories about a magical figure
named The White Rebbe, a miracle worker in league with the
enigmatic Angel of Losses, protector of things gone astray,
and guardian of the lost letter of the alphabet, which
completes the secret name of God. When his
granddaughter, Marjorie, discovers Eli’s notebook,
everything she thought she knew about her grandfather—and
her family—comes undone. To find the truth about Eli’s
origins and unlock the secrets he kept, she embarks on an
odyssey that takes her deep into the past, from 18th century
Europe to Nazi-occupied Lithuania, and back to the present,
to New York City and her estranged sister Holly, whom she
must save from the consequences of Eli’s
past. Interweaving history, theology, and both real
and imagined Jewish folktales, The Angel of Losses
is a family story of what lasts, and of what we can—and
cannot—escape.
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