From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Small Great Things, My Sister’s Keeper, and House Rules comes an astonishing and complex novel that proves some stories live forever. Mourning the passing of her mother, Sage Singer decides to attend a grief support group. She doesn’t expect to start an unlikely friendship with an elderly man also attending. Josef Weber is a beloved, retired … attending. Josef Weber is a beloved, retired teacher and Little League coach. Together they attempt to heal.
But one day he asks Sage for a favor: to kill him. Shocked, Sage refuses but then he confesses his darkest and long-buried secret, one that irrevocably changes Sage’s worldview. She suddenly finds herself facing questions she never expected, such as what do you do when evil lives next door? Can someone who’s committed a truly heinous act ever atone for it with subsequent good behavior? Should you offer forgiveness to someone if you aren’t the party who was wronged? And most of all, if Sage even considers his request, is it murder or justice? The Storyteller explores these issues and more in this “profound and moving novel about secrets, lies, and how the power of stories can change the course of history” (Shelf Awareness).more
My husband and I both loved this book about a modern day woman who befriends a survivor of WWII.
This was a good book, but the strange story telling tended to turn me off. I just wanted the action to move forward. The end was so unexpected that I gulped. I’d recommend to people who have enjoyed her other books.
A must read if you are interested in stories about holocaust survivors. Very well written.
Best Jodi book i ever read!! im really interested in the holocaust so this was satisfiying 😀
This book made you think about how life once was and how it is now. No matter how long, your past can still catch up with you. The right and wrong. The surge and fall of Hitler and how one woman’s story tells a lot!
A beautiful, evocative read from one of the world’s most talented authors, this is a story of forgiveness, love, and the Holocaust.
Emotionally draining, yet powerful story. This was a very human, personal account of the Holocaust, survival, and forgiveness. I highly recommend this book.
Reread 3/25/19 – 3/26/19 This story is wonderfully written. Sage Singer is a troubled 25 year old who is scarred from a bad accident. She is mourning the death of her mother, and is distanced from her 2 older sisters. She escapes her troubles by having an affair with Adam, a married man (funeral director from her mother’s funeral) and baking on the night shift at the town bakery. She meets Josef Weber, a kind, elderly man who is in her grief therapy group. Josef asks her for a favor that will change everything. Sage’s grandmother, Minka, is a holocaust survivor, and tells Sage about the horrors of the time in the camps.
Redemption, forgiveness, survival are all in this wonderful book.
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Another great book for Jodi. I love her books!
Hard to read…hard to put down…unforgettable.
Oh how sad some but at the same time eye opening this book is! What twists that were unexpected!! Great read!!!
Need ten stars. An emotionally charged book, that will change you to the core!!
I had mixed feeling about it. I really wanted to like it because I love Jodi Picoult. The separate story was kind of weird and I didn’t like it. I understood why it was there but I wasn’t feeling it. I expected the ending and the whole story overall was lackluster.
I have enjoyed every Jodi Picoult book I have read and I have read almost all of hers.
Loved it! But I was shocked that it was a SHORT STORY! And thoroughly disappointed when when the story ended.
I love anything and everything Jodi Picoult writes! Always thought provoking on provocative issues.I always feel like I have learned something new while being totally entertained. At the lastword, I usually just sit in quiet and while thinking Bravo Me Picoult!
Wonderful.
I loved this book
One of the few books that has kept me up at night. A true page turner. Stunning.
I like that it was a short story that lead up to another book.
It’s definitely a book I could read over n over again!!