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Twins are forced to confront a violent secret from their past in Jenna Blum's first novel since her runaway bestseller, Those Who Save Us

How far would you go to protect a sibling-and at what cost to yourself?

In Those Who Save Us, Jenna Blum proved herself a master storyteller with brilliant insight into the spectrum of human emotion. Now, Blum turns her sights to the most intimate and mysterious of family relationships-that between twins-in her powerful and provocative second novel.

As a teenager, Karena Jorge had always been the one to look out for her twin brother Charles, who suffers from bipolar disorder. But as Charles begins to refuse medication and his manic tendencies worsen, Karena finds herself caught between her loyalty to her brother and her fear for his life. Always obsessed with the weather-enraptured by its magical unpredictability that seemed to mirror his own impulses- Charles starts chasing storms, and his behavior grows increasingly erratic . . . until a terrifying storm chase with Karena ends with deadly consequences, tearing the twins apart and changing both of their lives forever.

Two decades later, Karena gets a call from a psychiatric ward in Wichita, Kansas, to come pick up her brother, whom she hasn't seen or spoken to for twenty years. She soon discovers that Charles has lied to the doctors, taken medication that could make him dangerously manic, and disappeared again. Having exhausted every resource to try and track him down, Karena realizes she has only one last chance of finding him: the storms. Wherever the tornadoes are, that's where he'll be. Karena joins a team of professional stormchasers-passionate adventurers who will transform her life and give her a chance at love and redemption- and embarks on an odyssey to find her brother before he reveals the violent secret from their past and does more damage to himself . . . or to someone else.

Durante cincuenta anos, Anna Schlemmer ha rehusado hablar de su vida en Alemania durante la segunda guerra mundial. Su hija, Trudy, tenia solo cinco anos cuando fueron liberadas por el ejercito americano y se trasladaron a Minnesota. El unico recuerdo que tiene Trudy de ese pasado es una vieja fotografia, un retrato de familia que muestra a Anna, a Trudy y a un oficial nazi, el Obersturmführer de Buchenwald. Acosada por los fantasmas de ese pasado, y con cierto sentimiento de culpa, Trudy, que es ahora profesora de historia alemana, empieza a investigar hasta descubrir la dramatica y desgarradora verdad que esconde el silencio de su madre. Una apasionada y funesta historia de amor, una fascinante evocacion de la vida en tiempos de guerra y una conmovedora relacion entre madre e hija, pero tambien una profunda y sincera exploracion sobre la supervivencia y el legado de la culpa. La impresionante primera novela de Jenna Blum arroja, con un estilo seductor y sutil, una luz original sobre la pesadilla de la segunda guerra mundial y sus consecuencias.

Depois de lancar o best-seller do The New York Times, Aqueles que nos salvaram, tambem publicado pela Casa da Palavra, Jenna Blum nos surpreende novamente commais uma narrativa envolvente, transformando com maestria os imprevisiveis e perigosos tornados em um rico pano de fundo que explora os vinculos entre irmaos,as dificuldades de lidar com a bipolaridade e a busca por aquilo que amamos.Embora os contextos de seus dois romances sejam completamentediferentes, as historias estao ligadas entre side uma maneira muito profunda. Jenna Blum envolve o leitor escrevendo sobre pessoas que recomecam suas vidas a partir de uma tragedia e faz uma reflexao sobre culpa, segredo e esperanca.O novo romance de Jenna Blum e uma historia poderosaque nos lembra de que o amor sera sempre uma buscaconstante.