#1634: Alice Hoffman’s “The World That We Knew”

November 12, 2019 00:30:00
#1634: Alice Hoffman’s “The World That We Knew”
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#1634: Alice Hoffman’s “The World That We Knew”

Nov 12 2019 | 00:30:00

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Show Notes

Alice Hoffman’s latest book is a bittersweet parable about the costs of survival and the behaviors that define humanity. “The World That We Knew” is set in Berlin in 1941. It follows the lives of three women who become intertwined in order to survive the dangers of the Nazi regime. This is an Off The Shelf edition of The […]

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