When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains

Powerfully tender, this immersive Holocaust memoir is also an exquisite work of literary journalism. Inspired by a box of “clues”—documents, diaries and keepsakes—bequeathed from her father, Ariana Neumann launches a wide, years-long search, revealing hard family secrets buried in Nazi Prague and Berlin. Though rife with wholly unexpected turns, nail-biter moments of historical suspense and unforgettable people doing unbelievable things, the voice is clear-eyed and brave, able to capture in small details the enormity of events and an inspiring ability to see darkness and find light.