Jodi Picoult is one of my favorite authors. I have not read a book of hers I did not like, and this one was no different. This is a really good and informative story about the Holocaust. Offers a unique perspective from both a survivor, the grand-daughter of a survivor, and a Nazi. The book challenges feelings and people's ability to change.

Picoult is one of my favorite authors, I discovered her many years ago after I was given one of her novels as a birthday present. I love her writing style, often switching back and forth from many points of view and the sometimes tackling difficult subjects with grace and no holds.

Wow! This book was riveting while going from the present and then back in time to the 1940's, from the point of view of a Holocaust survivor. The book was abhorring at some points, brought tears in others, but I could not stop reading. This book kept me reading long past my bed time, there were twists and turns I was not expecting and the end was spectacular. 5 stars for Picoult

"Sage Singer befriends an old man who's particularly beloved in her community. Josef Weber is everyone's favorite retired teacher and Little League coach. They strike up a friendship at the bakery where Sage works. One day he asks Sage for a favor: to kill him. Shocked, Sage refuses... and then he confesses his darkest secret—he deserves to die, because he was a Nazi SS guard. Complicating the matter? Sage's grandmother is a Holocaust survivor.

What do you do when evil lives next door? Can someone who's committed a truly heinous act ever atone for it with subsequent good behavior? Should you offer forgiveness to someone if you aren't the party who was wronged? And most of all—if Sage even considers his request—is it murder, or justice?