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The World That We Knew

Alice Hoffman

Simon & Schuster, $37.99

The world is awash with World War II novels, many of them very fine indeed. But if you only have room on your shelf for one such book, make it this one.

Magical realism author Alice Hoffman has outdone herself with this heartfelt tale that begins in Berlin in 1941, where every day Jews are being sent to their deaths. Living through this nightmare is widow Hanni Kohn, who’s desperate to get her 12-year-old daughter Lea to safety – and

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