Staff Picks Book Discussion

Join us each month for a lively conversation centered on titles selected by staff within a variety of genres.

In this group we will discuss The Postcard by Anne Berest.

One holiday season, an anonymous postcard is delivered to the Berest family home. On the front is a photo of the Opéra Garnier in Paris, on the back are the names of Anne's maternal great-grandparents and their children—all killed at Auschwitz. Fifteen years after the postcards delivery, Anne is moved to discover who sent it and why. Aided by her chain-smoking mother, family members, friends, associates, a private detective, a graphologist, and many others, she embarks on a journey to discover the fate of the Rabinovitch family: their flight from Russia following the revolution, their journeys to Latvia, Palestine, and Paris. What emerges is a moving saga of a family devastated by the Holocaust and partly restored through the power of storytelling that shatters long-held certainties about Anne's family, her country, and herself.

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