The World That We Knew: A Novel Audiobook (Free)

Audio bonus! The audio download release includes an exclusive interview with Alice Hoffman and Judith Light!

This instant New York Times bestseller and longlist recipient for the 2020 Andrew Carnegie Medal occurs in 1941, during humanity’s darkest hour, and follows three unforgettable young women who must act with courage and want to survive.

“[A] hymn to the power of resistance, perseverance, and enduring love in dark times…gravely gorgeous…Hoffman the storyteller is constantly on the dazzle..Read More about The World THAT PEOPLE Knew: A Novel ” —THE NEW YORK TIMES

“Oh, just what a publication this is! Hoffman’s exploration of the globe of great and evil, and the continuous contest between them, can be unflinching; as well as the humanity she brings to us—it is a glorious experience.” —ELIZABETH STROUT, Pulitzer Prize–being successful author of Olive Kitteridge

“Alice Hoffman’s fresh book will break your heart, and then stitch it back together piece by piece. It’s my new favorite Hoffman reserve.” —JODI PICOULT, New York Times bestselling writer of Small Great Things and A Spark of Light

In Berlin, at that time when the world transformed, Hanni Kohn understands she must send her twelve-year-old daughter away to save her from your Nazi regime. She discovers her way to a renowned rabbi, but it’s his little girl, Ettie, who presents wish of salvation when she creates a mystical Jewish creature, a rare and uncommon golem, who’s sworn to safeguard Lea. Once Ava can be brought to life, she and Lea and Ettie become eternally entwined, their paths fated to combination, their fortunes linked.

Lea and Ava travel from Paris, where Lea meets her soulmate, to a convent in american France known for its silver roses; from a college inside a mountaintop town where three thousand Jews had been saved. On the other hand, Ettie is in hiding, waiting to be the fighter she’s destined to be.

Exactly what does it mean to lose your mother? Just how much is one able to person sacrifice for like? In a global where evil are available at every turn, we meet extraordinary characters that consider us on a stunning journey of reduction and level of resistance, the fantastical as well as the mortal, in a place where all streets lead at night Angel of Loss of life and love is definitely never ending.