The Storyteller
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THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR 'An emotional and compelling tale' Sun After a tragic accident which left her deeply scarred, Sage Singer retreated into herself, allowing her guilt to govern her life. When she befriends kindly retired teacher Josef, it seems that life has finally offered her a chance of healing. But the gentle man Sage thinks she knows is in fact hiding a terrible secret. Josef was an SS officer during the Holocaust and now he wishes to die - and he wants Sage to help him. As Joseph begins to reveal his past to her, Sage is horrified. Does this past give her the right to kill him?A compelling tale about the line between justice and mercy from the internationally bestselling author Jodi Picoult. Jodi's brand new novel, A SPARK OF LIGHT is publishing soon and is now available to pre-order!
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I liked this book. It drew me in so that I lost track of time and kept looking for the opportunity to pick it up again to see what happened next. The details in Minka's account were horrifying to read about but important for us all to remember. The author's switch to different voices and different time periods was at times hard to adjust to but I found that those transitions had me thinking a bit more critically about the themes and connections. The theme of forgiveness was and is one that I find myself mulling over. The author does a good job of introducing the complexities of that.
A bit of a slow start for me, and I didn't love the “fairy tale” story interspersed throughout, but overall I'm glad I read it.
