D. C. She recounts her remarkable journey to find the family that hid her father during the war, learn about the siblings she never met and healed the wounds of her past. We are joined by esther and her son, author of everything is illuminated extreme a loud and incredibly close and here i am m as well as the nonfiction works we are the weather. The debut novel everything is illuminated was inspired by the journey in ukraine to find the family that hid her father. His research turned up nothing but lead to new clues for esth esther. She finally made the trip herself and found more than she ever hoped she would. We are honored to have both esther and jonathan with us tonight to be the first public dialogue about the book. A very exciting occasion indeed. Before we begin, a few quick things to note, the conversation will follow with audience qanda and you can do it them in the chance and we will do our best to get to as many questions as they can. We have hundreds of viewers and many que
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