The Storyteller
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Jodi Picoult
"Some stories live forever . . . "Sage Singer is a baker. She works through the night, preparing the day's breads and pastries, trying to escape a reality of loneliness, bad memories, and the shadow of her mother's death. When Josef Weber, an elderly man in Sage's grief support group, begins stopping by the bakery, they strike up an unlikely friendship. Despite their differences, they see in each other the hidden scars that others can't, and they become companions. Everything changes on the day that Josef confesses a long-buried and shameful secret--one that nobody else in town would ever suspect--and asks Sage for an extraordinary favor. If she says yes, she faces not only moral repercussions, but potentially legal ones as well. With her own identity suddenly challenged, and the integrity of the closest friend she's ever had clouded, Sage begins to question the assumptions and expectations she's made about her life and her family. When does a moral choice become a moral imperative? And where does one draw the line between punishment and justice, forgiveness and mercy? In this searingly honest novel, Jodi Picoult gracefully explores the lengths we will go in order to protect our families and to keep the past from dictating the future.
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Author
Jodi Picoult
Pages
460
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Published Date
2013-11-05
ISBN
1476753423 9781476753423
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"Historical fiction at it's best! "
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Samantha Goodnight
"JP never fails 🤎"
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Bianca Pearson
"- This book is told in three parts. Part one: the backstory of Sage, and how she met Josef. Part two: Minka telling her story to her granddaughter Sage, and Leo. Part three: Sage and Leo figuring what to do about Josef. The summary of this book only explained part one of the story, so it wasn’t the best. The beginning was very slow, but once it got to part two it started to get more interesting. Minka’s story deals with a hard topic, but is very interesting because you get to learn about the history of the holocaust. I think one of the main themes of this story grapples on the ideas of what’s right and wrong. Although many of the Germans abused the Jews, there were a few that helped Minka out. This story was told in a great amount of detail, that helped you really picture what was going on. The ending was also well written, and comes with a plot twist you don’t see coming. "