German sociologist and theoretician Theodor Adorno believed that “to write poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric.” Brenda Webster, whose previous novels and translations give witness to both her narrative…

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Reread the lovable, teachable-moment antics of Ella, Henny, Sarah, Charlotte and Gertie, plus their brother Charlie.

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