The Lost Family

'A dazzling novel of great compassion' Laura Moriarty

'An extraordinary read, the kind of book that makes you sob and smile' Tatiana de Rosnay

'Blum plumbs the depths of loss and love in this exquisite page-turner' People

In 1960s Manhattan, patrons flock to Masha's to savor its brisket Wellington and impeccable service, and to admire its dashing owner and head chef, Peter Rashkin. With his movie-star good looks and tragic past, Peter, a survivor of Auschwitz, is the most eligible bachelor in town. But he has resigned himself to a solitary life. Running Masha's consumes him, as does the terrible guilt of having survived the horrors of a Nazi death camp while his wife, Masha - the restaurant's namesake - and two young daughters perished.

Then exquisitely beautiful June Bouquet, an up-and-coming model, appears at the restaurant, piercing Peter's guard. Though she is twenty years his junior, the two begin a passionate, whirlwind courtship. When June unexpectedly becomes pregnant, Peter proposes, believing that beginning a new family with the woman he loves will allow him to let go of the atrocities of the past, even though he cannot forget all that he has lost. But over the next twenty years, the indelible sadness of those memories will overshadow Peter, his new wife, June, and their daughter, Elsbeth, transforming them in heartbreaking and unexpected ways.

The Lost Family is a charming, funny, and elegantly bittersweet study of the repercussions of loss and love that spans a generation, from the 1960s to the 1980s. It is a vivid portrait of marriage, family, and the haunting grief of World War II.

“I was spellbound from the start of The Lost Family . The writing is so smart and empathetic . . . This is a dazzling novel of great compassion , honestly reckoning with the time-and-place-spanning ripple effect of great pain as well as loveAn unsentimental, richly detailed study of loss and its legacy - Kirkus ReviewsJenna Blum shines a powerful light on how the past swings back and how we must face it. The Lost Family is an extraordinary read , the kind of book that makes you sob and smile , the kind that gives you hope . . . It is compassionate, masterful and disturbingly contemporaryDeftly executed, deeply moving , and full of heart, Jenna Blum's The Lost Family is an evocative look at the legacy of war and how it impacts one memorable family”

I was spellbound from the start of The Lost Family. The writing is so smart and empathetic . . . This is a dazzling novel of great compassion, honestly reckoning with the time-and-place-spanning ripple effect of great pain as well as love

An unsentimental, richly detailed study of loss and its legacy - Kirkus Reviews

Jenna Blum shines a powerful light on how the past swings back and how we must face it. The Lost Family is an extraordinary read, the kind of book that makes you sob and smile, the kind that gives you hope . . . It is compassionate, masterful and disturbingly contemporary

Deftly executed, deeply moving, and full of heart, Jenna Blum's The Lost Family is an evocative look at the legacy of war and how it impacts one memorable family

Jenna Blum is the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of novels Those Who Save Us and The Stormchasers and is one of Oprah's Top 30 Women Writers.

Jenna has been writing since she was 4 and professionally since she was 16, when she won Seventeen Magazine's National Fiction Contest with her short story 'The Legacy of Frank Finklestein'. Jenna is a graduate of Kenyon College and Boston University; and has taught fiction for 20 years for Boston's Grub Street Writers, where she currently teaches master novel workshops. Jenna divides her time between Boston and the Midwest of America.

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'A dazzling novel of great compassion' Laura Moriarty 'An extraordinary read, the kind of book that makes you sob and smile' Tatiana de Rosnay 'Blum plumbs the depths of loss and love in this exquisite page-turner' People In 1960s Manhattan , patrons flock to Masha's to savor its brisket Wellington and impeccable service, and to admire its dashing owner and head chef, Peter Rashkin. With his movie-star good looks and tragic past, Peter, a survivor of Auschwitz, is the most eligible bachelor in town. But he has resigned himself to a solitary life. Running Masha's consumes him, as does the terrible guilt of having survived the horrors of a Nazi death camp while his wife, Masha - the restaurant's namesake - and two young daughters perished.Then exquisitely beautiful June Bouquet, an up-and-coming model, appears at the restaurant, piercing Peter's guard. Though she is twenty years his junior, the two begin a passionate, whirlwind courtship. When June unexpectedly becomes pregnant, Peter proposes, believing that beginning a new family with the woman he loves will allow him to let go of the atrocities of the past, even though he cannot forget all that he has lost. But over the next twenty years, the indelible sadness of those memories will overshadow Peter, his new wife, June, and their daughter, Elsbeth, transforming them in heartbreaking and unexpected ways. The Lost Family is a charming , funny , and elegantly bittersweet study of the r epercussions of loss and love that spans a generation, from the 1960s to the 1980s. It is a vivid portrait of marriage , family , and the haunting grief of World War II .

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