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It's 1944 when the twin sisters arrive at Auschwitz with their mother and grandfather. In their benighted new world, Pearl and Stasha Zagorski take refuge in their identical natures, comforting themselves with the private language and shared games of their childhood. As part of the experimental population of twins known as Mengele's Zoo, the girls experience privileges and horrors unknown to others, and they find themselves changed, stripped of the personalities they once shared, their identities altered by the burdens of guilt and pain. That winter, at a concert orchestrated by Mengele,…
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Editions
11 editions- Hardcover · English · 2016Lee Boudreaux Books · 480 pages · 9780316464178
- Audiobook · English · 2016Little, Brown & Company · 9781478912828
- Paperback · EnglishPenguin Agencies · 9781786490872
- Other · English · 2017Atlantic Books, Limited · 352 pages · 9781786490858
- Other · English · 2017Atlantic Books, Limited · 352 pages · 9781786490841
- Other · English · 2017Little Brown & Company · 368 pages · 9780316308090
BuildingsAuschwitz (Concentration camp)World War, 1939-1945Twin sistersHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)Concentration campsNazisFiction