First-person accounts of the residents of Kreiswald--among them a police clerk force to measure the heads of local townspeople destined for the guillotine and a stroke victim who witnesses the secret nocturnal deportation of Jews--reveal how the Nazis' plan was carried out

Tales of the Master Race: A Novel

Hershman, Marcie

Literature & Fiction

Harpercollins

Three generations of the Eichenbaum family try to protect one another from a harmful world, including attempts to rescue Jewish relatives in the 1930s and dealing with AIDS today

Safe in America: A Novel

United States

Marcie Hershman's haunting Tales of the Master Race circles the streets of Kreiswald, an imaginary town in Germany, during the crucial years of the Third Reich. It takes us inside the lives of "ordinary" German citizens-Aryan men and women-marking the subtle and more overt alterations brought about by the Nazi regime. In a series of interlinked stories with overlapping characters, a devastating portrait emerges of the chance effects on everyday existence of prejudice, mass deportation, murder, and war.

Perennial

Three generations of the Eichenbaum family are forced to face the same crucial question: How can we keep our loved ones safe when the world at large is beyond our control? In the 1930s, Evan Eichenbaum and his wife, Vera, try to save their Jewish relatives in Europe. During World War II, they try to shield their sons Teddy and Hankus from the draft. In the present, their daughter, Joy, and her children face the peril of AIDS.
 With exquisite prose, Hershman looks into the heart of a family to reveal the triumphs that exist within devastation. Ultimately, Safe in America is a story of love--of parents for children, of brothers for sisters--and of the pain, grief and grace that are part of the complex ways we are bound to one another by blood. It is truly an unforgettable story.

Safe in America: Novel, A

First-person accounts of the residents of Kreiswald--among them a police clerk force to measure the heads of local townspeople destined for the guillotine and a stroke victim who witnesses the secret nocturnal deportation of Jews--reveal how the Nazis' plan was carried out

Tales of the Master Race

Contemporary

Lime Tree

The author of Tales of the Master Race recalls her relationship with her deceased brother, recalling long-buried memories and seeking healing in the process.

Speak to Me : Grief, Love and What Endures

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Beacon Pr

The story of a brother and sister, and a meditation on what endures after the loss of our closest relationships.

Speak to Me: Grief, Love and What Endures

Self-Help

Death & Grief

Beacon Press

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Tales of the Master Race: A Novel

Safe in America: A Novel

Tales of the Master Race: A Novel

Safe in America: Novel, A

Tales of the Master Race

Speak to Me : Grief, Love and What Endures

Speak to Me: Grief, Love and What Endures