num_pages: 288
description: Pam Jenoff whose first novel The Kommandant's Girl was a Quill Award finalist a Book Sense pick and a finalist for the ALA Sophie Brody Award joins the Doubleday list with a suspenseful story of love and betrayal set during the Holocaust. An ambitious novel that spans decades and continents The Things We Cherished tells the story of Charlotte Gold and Jack Harrington two fiercely independent attorneys who find themselves slowly falling for one another while working to defend the brother of a Holocaust hero against allegations of World War II-era war crimes. The defendant wealthy financier Roger Dykmans mysteri-ously refuses to help in his own defense revealing only that proof of his innocence lies within an intricate timepiece last seen in Nazi Germany. As the narrative moves from Philadelphia to Germany Poland and Italy we are given glimpses of the lives that the anniversary clock has touched over the past century and learn about the love affair that turned a brother into a traitor. Rich in historical detail Jenoff's astonishing new work is a testament to true love under the worst of circumstances.
language: English
title: The Things We Cherished
publisher: Doubleday