A spellbinding new novel ofcontraband masterpiecestragic loveand the unexpected legacies of forgotten crimes Ayelet Waldmanrsquos Love and Treasure weaves atalearound the fascinating true history of the Hungarian Gold Train in the Second World War In on the outskirts of Salzburg victorious American soldiers capture a train filled with unspeakable riches piles offine gold watches mountains offur coats crates filled with wedding rings silver picture frames family heirlooms and Shabbatcandlesticks passed down through generations Jack Wiseman a tough smart New York Jew is the lieutenant charged with guarding this treasuremdasha responsibility that grows more complicated when he meets Ilona a fierce beautiful Hungarian who has lost everything in the ravages of the Holocaust Seventy years later amid the shadowy world of art dealers who profit off the sins of previous generations Jack gives a necklace to his granddaughter Natalie Stein and charges her with searching for an unknown womanmdasha woman whose portrait and fate come to haunt Natalie a woman whose secret may help Natalie to understand the guilt her grandfather will take to his grave and to find a way out of the mess she has made of her own lifeA story of brilliantly drawn charactersmdashasuaveand shadyart historian a delusive and infatuated Freudian a family ofsinging circus dwarfs fallen into the clutches of Josef Mengele and desperate lovers facing choices that will tear them apartmdashLove and Treasure is Ayelet Waldmanrsquos finest novel to date a sad funny richly detailed work that poses hard questions about the value of precious things in a time when life itself has no value and about the slenderest of chains that can bind us to the griefs and passions of the pastThis eBook edition includes a Reading Group Guide.
