{"product_id":"the-bakers-daughter-isbn-9780307460196","title":"The Baker's Daughter","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER • Two women in different eras face similar life-altering decisions as they navigate the politics of exclusion, the terrible choices we make in wartime, and the redemptive power of love.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Replete with raw emotion and suspense, \u003ci\u003eThe Baker’s Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating journey through a horrifying time in world history that will resonate long after you close the book.”\u003ci\u003e—Historical Novel Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1945, Elsie Schmidt is a naive teenager, as eager for her first sip of champagne as she is for her first kiss. She and her family have been protected from the worst of the terror and desperation overtaking her country by a high-ranking Nazi who wishes to marry her. So when an escaped Jewish boy arrives on Elsie’s doorstep on Christmas Eve, Elsie understands that opening the door would jeopardize the lives of her family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSixty years later, in El Paso, Texas, Reba Adams is trying to file a feel-good Christmas piece for the local magazine when she sits down with the owner of Elsie’s German Bakery for what she expects will be an easy interview. But Reba finds herself returning to the bakery again and again, anxious to find the heart of the story—a story that resonates with her own turbulent past. For Elsie, Reba’s questions are a stinging reminder of that last bleak year of World War II.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the two women’s lives become intertwined, both are forced to confront the uncomfortable truths of the past and seek out the courage to forgive.“Replete with raw emotion and suspense, \u003ci\u003eThe Baker’s Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating journey through a horrifying time in world history that will resonate long after you close the book.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Historical Novel Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“A beautiful, heart-breaking gem of a novel written just the way I like them, with the past coming back to haunt the present, endearing heroines and a sunny, hopeful ending. You’ll wolf it up in one delicious gulp.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003eTatiana de Rosnay, international bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSarah's Key\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Secret Kept\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“The Baker’s Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e was a constant warm companion to me during cross-country travels, a novel I looked forward to returning to night after night. The rare book in which the modern-day story is as compelling as the wartime tale it contains, \u003ci\u003eThe Baker’s Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e offers a look at Nazi Germany through the lens of the immigration issues of our own time. El Paso, Texas, and Garmisch, Germany, make for an unexpected harmony of flavors.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003eJenna Blum\u003c\/b\u003e,\u003cb\u003e international bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Stormchasers\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThose Who Save Us\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“A sensitive, multilayered novel, this is a moving examination of the effect war and the politics of exclusion, have on the human heart.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003eAmanda Hodgkinson\u003c\/b\u003e,\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003e22 Brittania Road\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“A haunting and beautiful story . . . Spanning sixty years, and taking on forms of human cruelty and indifference ranging from the Nazis to modern-day immigration reform, McCoy forces us to examine the choices we make. I was riveted from start to finish.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003eJ. Courtney Sullivan\u003c\/b\u003e,\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eCommencement\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMaine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“This is a beautifully told, richly detailed story that grabs your heart from page one and keeps its hold long after the last page. It is a book to discuss, to share and ultimately to savor.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003eSarah Jio, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Violets of March\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Elsie Schmidt is the brave and unforgettable heroine of Sarah McCoy’s beautifully written tale of family, friendship, and love. \u003ci\u003eThe Baker’s Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates how the past can teach us—if only we will listen.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003eKelly O'Connor McNees, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Baker’s Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e explores what happens when our loyalties (to country, cause, family, religion) clash with our intuition. A complex braiding of mystery, history, and personality, this novel is engaging and wonderful.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003eSheri Reynolds, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Rapture of Canaan \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSARAH MCCOY\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the novel \u003ci\u003eThe Time It Snowed in Puerto Rico. \u003c\/i\u003eShe has taught at Old Dominion University and at the University of Texas at El Paso. The daughter of an Army officer, McCoy spent her childhood in Germany. 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