Orringer, Julie

In 1940, Varian Fry traveled to Marseille intending to help imperiled artists leave the country, but he found himself staying for a year arranging escapes for refugees.

A novel set in 1937 Europe tells the story of three Hungarian Jewish brothers bound by history and love, of a marriage tested by disaster, of a Jewish family's struggle against annihilation by the Nazis, and of the dangerous power of art in the time of war.

In 1937, Hungarian Jew Andras Levi arrives in Paris to study architecture and deliver a letter whose recipient will change his life. Meanwhile, his elder brother studies medicine in Modena and their younger brother leaves school for the stage. Soon World War II tests all of the brothers and the bonds of love and family.

A collection of nine short stories by Julie Orringer about dealing with loss.