Playing for the Commandant (Suzy Zail)

Sinopse

A young Jewish pianist at Auschwitz, desperate to save her family, is chosen to play at the camp commandant's house. How could she know she would fall in love with the wrong boy? These are Hanna's father's parting words to her and her sister when their family is separated at the gates of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Her father's words - and a black C-sharp piano key hidden away in the folds of her dress - are all that she has left to remind her of life before. Before, Hanna was going to be a famous concert pianist. She was going to wear her yellow dress to a dance. And she was going to dance with a boy. But then the Nazis came. Now it is up to Hanna to do all she can to keep her mother and sister alive, even if that means playing piano for the commandant and his guests. Staying alive isn't supposed to include falling in love with the commandant's son. But Karl Jager is beautiful, and his aloofness belies a secret. And war makes you do dangerous things.

Editora: Candlewick

Publicado em: 2014

Mulher de Barro (Joyce Carol Oates)

Sinopse

Meredith Ruth Neukirchen é a primeira mulher a presidir uma renomada universidade americana. Bem-sucedida em sua carreira acadêmica, ela se dedica fervorosamente ao trabalho. Até que, em uma viagem ao norte do estado de Nova York, seu passado trágico aflora acidentalmente, levando-a mais uma vez à beira do abismo. Em meio à solidão absoluta, e incapaz de lidar com as pressões do presente, ela se torna cada vez mais vulnerável. “Pois a solidão é a grande fertilidade da mente, se não for a sua destruição”, escreve Joyce Carol Oates, neste romance perturbador e impactante. Entre as lembranças traumáticas da infância e as pressões de seu cargo, M.R. terá de encontrar uma saída. Uma única alternativa que a faça escapar do colapso iminente. 

Editora: Alfaguara

Publicado em: 2015