The Baker of Lost Memories By Shirley Russak Wachtel Material:Hard Cover When Eleanor walked in on

When Eleanor walked in on the scene of her capriciously cruel grandmother

the Richardsons shook things up from the second they stepped on to the scene

For a kiss

and authors to use books as "weapons in the war of ideas"--The Librarian of Burned Books is an unforgettable historical novel

and the way Crane seems determined to get him into bed

The Baker of Lost Memories By Shirley Russak Wachtel Material:Hard Cover When Eleanor walked in onFrom the author of A Castle in Brooklyn comes an epic novel spanning decades about the broken bonds of family, memories of war, and redemption and hope in the face of heartbreaking loss. Growing up in 1960s Brooklyn, Lena wants to be a baker just like her mother was back in Poland prior to World War II. But questions about those days, and about a sister Lena never even knew, are ignored with solemn silence. Its as if everything her parents left behind