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Set during Hitler's siege of Leningrad, Elise Blackwell's beautiful debut novel is the deeply moving story of one man's confrontation with his own morality. A scientist, but a man of powerful personal appetites, unexpectedly finds himself with a choice that is informed too much by his private hungers. The danger he faces is betraying not only the woman he loves but also the principles he holds most dear.
If she went with the other man because there was no food in her house--if she was lured by his pantry and not his bed--then no blame whatsoever attributed to her. It has always been understood that people need to eat.
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