⭐⭐⭐⭐ I’ve read many WWII novels, but The Lost Baker of Vienna explores a part of history we don’t often see: what happened to Holocaust survivors after liberation. The story unfolds across two timelines. In 2018, Zoe Rosenzweig is grieving the loss of her beloved grandfather, a Holocaust survivor. Her grief leads her to search for answers about what really happened to her family during the war. In 1946 Vienna, Chana Rosenzweig has survived the horrors of war and is finally free with her mother and younger brother. But freedom isn’t what they imagined. They must still contend with hunger, danger, and the daily struggle to earn a living in […]