Haunted by an old family photo of her mother and a high-ranking Nazi officer, historian Trudy Swenson starts to dig deep into the past to uncover the wartime encounters her mother won’t talk about. Writer Jenna Blum has worked for Steven Spielberg’s Shoah Basis for four years. Her book received exceptional evaluations from Booklist and Publishers Weekly. ‘Blum’s spare imagery is nightmarish and intimate, imbuing familiar panoramas of Nazi atrocity with stark fresh power. That is a poised, hair-raising debut.’ -Publishers Weekly