The Takeaway Men: A Novel

Meryl Ain

Jul 2020 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

With the cloud of the Holocaust still looming over them, twin sisters Bronka and Johanna Lubinski and their parents arrive in the US from a Displaced Persons Camp. In the years after World War II, they experience the difficulties of adjusting to American culture as well as the burgeoning fear of the Cold War. Years later, the discovery of a former Nazi hiding in their community brings the Holocaust out of the shadows. As the girls get older, they start to wonder about their parents’ pasts, and they begin to demand answers. But it soon becomes clear that those memories will be more difficult and painful to uncover than they could have anticipated. Poignant and haunting, The Takeaway Men explores the impact of immigration, identity, prejudice, secrets, and lies on parents and children in mid-twentieth-century America.

About the author

Meryl Ain is a writer, author, podcaster, and career educator. She is the author of two award-winning post-Holocaust novels, The Takeaway Men (2020) and Shadows We Carry (2023), and two non-fiction books. She is the host of the podcast, People of the Book, and the founder of the Facebook group, Jews Love To Read! She and her husband, Stewart, a journalist live on Long Island, New York, and spend winters in Boca Raton, Florida.