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Title: The Time Traveler's Wife
Author: Audrey Niffenegger
Review: A love story about a man who jumps through time. He meets his true love during his time travels but must wait until "real time" to "fall in love". His true love knows he is coming but must wait for him knowing he will not know her when they meet in "real time". They live an unorthodox life together with few knowing their real story.

There were plenty of "holes" in the story where too many people just overlooked his constant disappearing acts. But if you overlook the obvious, it is an enjoyable read about an unusual love story....Check Availability
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Title: Smoke over Birkenau
Author: Liana Millu
Review: A haunting set of short memories of an Italian woman who survived the Birkenau concentration camp during WWII. These true stories reveal the many ways women around her suffered, from a woman who watched her only daughter get sent to the crematorium at 9 months pregnant, and a woman separated from her 12 year old son. Truly chilling and sad....Check Availability