"I’ve read many Holocaust stories, but The World That We Knew is by far the best work of historical fiction I have encountered on this topic. Words fail to describe its depth, beauty, darkness, and truth – a masterful creation!"

—Viviane Crystal, HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY

“Alice Hoffman’s new novel will break your heart, and then stitch it back together piece by piece. It’s about love and loss, about history and the world today, about what happens when man goes against the laws of nature for good and for evil. It’s my new favorite Hoffman book—and if you know how much I adore her writing, that’s truly saying something.”

—Jodi Picoult, New York Times bestselling author of Small Great Things and A Spark of Light

"A spellbinding portrait of what it means to be human in an inhuman world."

—Kirkus Review

“Oh, what a book this is! Hoffman’s exploration of the world of good and evil, and the constant contest between them, is unflinching; and the humanity she brings to us—it is a glorious experience ... It opens up the world, the universe, in a way that is absolutely unique. By the end, you may be weeping.”

—Elizabeth Strout, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Olive Kitteridge

“One of America’s most brilliant novelists since her debut, Property Of, Hoffman uses her signature element of magical realism to tackle an intolerably painful chapter in history. Readers know going in that their hearts will be broken, but they will be unable to let go until the last page.”

—LIBRARY JOURNAL (Starred Review)