Anne Berest
Anne Berest's The Postcard is among the most celebrated French novels in years. Brilliant all the way till the end, it is an exploration into family secrets, a wonderful narrative of mothers and daughters, and a brilliant portrait of twentieth-century Parisian creative and imaginative life. It deserves all the praise it has received. "A powerful, highly readable, and deeply moving account of a Jewish family almost completely wiped out in the Holocaust. Though deemed a novel, almost everything in the book is true, except for the changing of some peoples’ names. A 400+ page book focusing on such a horrendous piece of our recent history is not something I’d imagined I would look forward to reading, but I honestly couldn’t wait to find time each day to return to it. It is one of the best books I have ever read ." Anne Schwartz Rarely have I read so many rave reviews for a book. Over and over again, readers praise Anne Berest and her ability to write so capti
