Jenna Blum

"Since she adopted him as a puppy fifteen years earlier, Jenna Blum and Woodrow have been inseparable. Woodrow and his 'Mommoo' are fixtures in their Boston neighborhood. But Woodrow is aging. As he begins to fail, the true nature of his relationship with Jenna is revealed. Jenna may be the dog parent, but it is Woodrow, with his personality and trusting nature, who has much to teach her. A divorcée who has experienced her share of sadness and loss,...

For fifty years, Anna Schlemmer has refused to talk about her life in Germany during World War II. Her daughter, Trudy, was only three when she and her mother were liberated by an American soldier and went to live with him in Minnesota. Trudy's sole evidence of the past is an old photograph: a family portrait showing Anna, Trudy, and a Nazi officer, the Obersturmfuhrer of Buchenwald. Driven by the guilt of her heritage, Trudy, now a professor of...

New York Times best-selling author Jenna Blum is a master storyteller, who delivers brilliant insight into the depths of human emotion. In this powerful and provocative novel, Blum explores the dark and mysterious link that connects twins Charles and Karena-and how far one will go to protect the other. Karena Jorge has kept a watchful eye on her brother Charles since they were teens. But when he stops taking his medicine and his bipolar disorder worsens,...

On any particular day, thousands upon thousands of people pass through New York City's Grand Central Terminal. It is a place where people come to say hello and good-bye. And each person has a story to tell. Now, ten authors inspired by this iconic landmark have created their own stories, set on the same day, just after the end of World War II, in a time of hope, uncertainty, change, and renewal.