Book Review: The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman

The World That We Knew
by Alice Hoffman

Ettie, the daughter of a rabbi who did the forbidden by creating a golem, is one of three protagonists in the most recent of Alice Hoffman’s magical stories. Lea, protected by the golem during 1941 at her mother’s request, is another protagonist needing to escape from Nazi-occupied Paris. Ava, the strong golem created to protect Lea, is the final protagonist. Their stories are braided together and described in the author’s amazing storytelling voice.

[If you enjoy this, you may also wish to try The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah, The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer, Akin by Emma Donoghue, or All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr.]

[ official The World That We Knew page on the official Alice Hoffman web site ]

Recommended by Jodi R.
Anderson and Bethany Branch Libraries

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