Two Women

The fictionalized, intertwining lives of two remarkable figures whose stories trace the contours of the twentieth century.

In Two Women, Jacqueline Rose fictionalizes and intertwines the lives of two remarkable figures whose stories trace the contours of the twentieth century: Edith Stein, the German–Jewish philosopher, Catholic convert, and saint; and Gillian Rose, philosopher of German–Jewish thought, also a convert, and Jacqueline’s sister. Through a luminous weaving of fiction and histor...