The Storyteller
The Storyteller by Jodi PioultSage is a baker and she finds out her grandmother was a survivor of the Holocaust. She recalls sitting on her lap and playing with her bracelet and noticing the numbers on her arm.
She learns a lot from Joseph who comes to the bakery daily and writes in his black book. He is a widow and remembers the olden days. Joseph told her he was a SS guard.
The story also follows her grandmothers journey when she was growing up in Poland.
The story also follows Leo. He tries to find answers for those who were Jewish during the war in Poland.
Since his divorce his Jewish mother has just started setting him up with dates.
Sage learns more about Joseph and he asks her to forgive him, then he can die. He has nothing else left.
Next part is about the camps and the work, lack of food, sleep and beatings. This is hard to read...
Joseph wants her to not only forgive him but help him to die. Her ex husband sees her having dinner with Leo and now he wants to divorce his current wife to go back to her.
Amazing to learn how they are all connected after all this time..
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).