“By turns mysterious, tender, suspenseful, harrowing, and moving, The Lost Baker of Vienna illuminates an important time and place little explored in WWII fiction. I was captivated from the first page of this story about Holocaust survivors in the war's aftermath and beyond, and can't wait for readers to get hold of Sharon Kurtzman's powerful must-read debut.”—Therese Anne Fowler, New York Times bestselling author of A Well-Behaved Woman

“Inspired by an illuminating conversation with her mother about her family’s untold Holocaust-era past, Kurtzman has crafted an eye-opening reimagining of a period in history not often visited: the experience of the Jewish refugee in postwar Europe. A timely tale of hardship and hope, with strong, resilient women at its core.”—Georgia Hunter, New York Times bestselling author of We Were the Lucky Ones

“The Lost Baker of Vienna is not a war story but a post-war story, resisting the easy route of survival-as-happy-ending and examining the darker side of rebuilding life in the rubble of a war zone. Young Chana Rosensweig arrives with her family in postwar Vienna, desperate to emigrate to America after surviving the concentration camps, eking out a living in a hotel kitchen. Chana's mother urges her to marry a man who can protect them from the dangers of a city ruled by Soviet soldiers, antisemitic neighbors, and black market criminals, but Chana dreams of using her skills as a baker to start a different kind of life—a life her great-niece Zoe is still untangling more than fifty years later. Sharon Kurtzman takes her own family history and spins it into something truly special, a tale of grit, bravery, and humanity that will not soon be forgotten.”—Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network