The Lost Wife / Alyson Richman / 358 pages

Josef, a young man studying medicine, and Lenka, a young art student, meet and fall in love and marry in Prague shortly before World War II.  Both are Jewish.  Josef comes from a wealthy family that is able to secure passage to the United States shortly after the Nazis invade.  Lenka makes the decision to stay behind with her family and hopefully reunite safely with her husband.  The chapters alternate from Josef's and Lenka's perspectives.  Lenka's story takes us through her family's experience of being in the concentration camps.