The Storyteller

by Jodi Picoult

Gardening—sweaty, machete-hacking, root-digging, bush-dragging gardening—is Mary’s relaxation.

Selling the idea that the Jews were to blame for all of Germany’s problems was just not that difficult. Any military man will tell you that the way to pull a divided group together is to give them a common enemy. This is what Hitler did, when he came to power in 1933 as chancellor.

But then again, my imagination was what had kept me alive all these months in this hellhole.