Wunderland

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USA TODAY BESTSELLER & &Searing . . . a heartbreaking page-turner.&&People   &Both heartbreaking and hopeful, this story of a daughter searching for the truth about her mother&s secret past, tangled up in old secrets and terrible lies, kept me up late turning pages.&&Martha Hall Kelly, bestselling author of Lilac Girls   This edition includes an exclusive reader&s guide featuring thought-provoking questions for your book club and an interview with the author!    Once inseparable, Berlin teenagers Ilse Fischer and Renate Bauer find their friendship ripped apart by their nation&s 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 Hitler&s race laws and then shattered by a shocking betrayal. Decades later, that same betrayal will upend the life of Ilse&s daughter, Ava, as she discovers long-buried truths about her mother&s past. A harrowing page-turner, Wunderland traces the lives of three women across two generations&and the devastating repercussions of choices made in the dark days of wartime Germany. Praise for Wunderland &Engrossing . . . Epstein reveals the devastating choices these women make.&&Real Simple &Wunderland is both an engrossing family drama and a foray into a dark period of history . . . a wholly original angle to the WWII novel. You&ll read it in one shivered sitting.&&Refinery29 &A vividly written and stark chronicle of Nazism and its legacies.&&Kirkus Reviews (starred review) &A wealth of history turns Wunderland into a novel that&s 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.&&BookPage (starred review) &[A] heartbreaking historical tour de force . . . Man&s inhumanity to man&and the redemptive power of forgiveness&is on stark and effective display in Epstein&s gripping novel, a devastating tale bound for bestseller lists.&&Publishers Weekly (starred review)