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The Storyteller
An astonishing novel about redemption and forgiveness from the “amazingly talented writer” (HuffPost) and #1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult.
Some stories live forever...
Sage Singer is a baker. She works through the night, preparing the day’s breads and pastries, trying to escape a reality of loneliness, bad memories, and the shadow of her mother’s death. When Josef Weber, an elderly man in Sage’s grief support group, begins stopping by the bakery, they strike up an unlikely friendship. Despite their differences, they see in each other the hidden scars that others can’t.
Everything changes on the day that Josef confesses a long-buried and shameful secret and asks Sage for an extraordinary favor. If she says yes, she faces not only moral repercussions, but potentially legal ones as well. With the integrity of the closest friend she’s ever had clouded, Sage begins to question the assumptions and expectations she’s made about her life and her family. In this searingly honest novel, Jodi Picoult gracefully explores the lengths to which we will go in order to keep the past from dictating the future.
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Reviews
Good read— very real, close-up view of the Holocaust, which was of course difficult to read. Great characterizations as always. Apple Books app forced me to miss a good chunk of the beginning of the story, and didn’t respond to my notification, so I’m disappointed in that. But the story itself, or what I read of it, was excellent. She always includes a moral element to consider, so reading her work is thought-provoking.
By Laralee23
I gave this 5 stars because the writing style was beautiful and really brought me in and described the settings and characters at the concentration camps so vividly. I do agree that it starts out slow. Sage’s character develops slowly, and I’m not sure I understood the significance of her scar and the accident we learn about towards the beginning of the book. I think that could have been better wrapped up or discussed at the end. The author leaves the ending very open so it’s a great book for book club. So much to discuss and digest and I’m sure people will have very different feelings and views. I think I feel them all. It’s also five stars because I want more. I want to understand even more about the non-Jew, German mentality during the war and the SS officers. I thought the parallel vampire/monster story was incredibly unique, creative and very well done.
By CarlyM15
Great story full of chilling details!
By DDalien
Loved, loved, loved! Better than The Nightingale!
By dogmom1921
Loved this book. It keeps your attention. The subject matter can make your skin crawl but at the same time it is a part of history that should not be forgotten. There are still those who would wish to eradicate a part of earth’s population and this book demonstrates the ease of putting this into practice.
By LGowner