'A dazzling novel of great compassion' Laura Moriarty 'An
extraordinary read, the kind of book that makes you sob and smile'
Tatiana de Rosnay 'Blum plumbs the depths of loss and love in this
exquisite page-turner' People In 1960s Manhattan, patrons flock to
Masha's to savor its brisket Wellington and impeccable service, and
to admire its dashing owner and head chef, Peter Rashkin. With his
movie-star good looks and tragic past, Peter, a survivor of
Auschwitz, is the most eligible bachelor in town. But he has
resigned himself to a solitary life. Running Masha's consumes him,
as does the terrible guilt of having survived the horrors of a Nazi
death camp while his wife, Masha - the restaurant's namesake - and
two young daughters perished. Then exquisitely beautiful June
Bouquet, an up-and-coming model, appears at the restaurant,
piercing Peter's guard. Though she is twenty years his junior, the
two begin a passionate, whirlwind courtship. When June unexpectedly
becomes pregnant, Peter proposes, believing that beginning a new
family with the woman he loves will allow him to let go of the
atrocities of the past, even though he cannot forget all that he
has lost. But over the next twenty years, the indelible sadness of
those memories will overshadow Peter, his new wife, June, and their
daughter, Elsbeth, transforming them in heartbreaking and
unexpected ways. The Lost Family is a charming, funny, and
elegantly bittersweet study of the repercussions of loss and love
that spans a generation, from the 1960s to the 1980s. It is a vivid
portrait of marriage, family, and the haunting grief of World War
II.
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