A mysterious postcard with no signature or explanation arrives one morning at the author’s mother’s house. Just four names are written on the card – Ephraim, Emma, Noemie, and Jacques, four relatives all killed at Auschwitz. Who sent it and what does it mean? The Postcard by French author Anne Berest is a page-turning true story (in novel form) of one family’s experience during the Holocaust. It was a best seller in France, translated by Tina Kover and winner of the first ever Goncourt Prize US.
The novel is based on extensive research by her mother and later detective work by the author who embarks on a quest to discover the fate of her family she knows so little about, and to find out the meaning behind the arrival of the mysterious post card. Gripping from start to finish!
