Caroline Woods has been published in Slice Magazine (which nominated her for a Pushcart Prize), LEMON, 236, BU Creative Writing's Literary Journal, and The Scene. She has taught fiction writing and composition at Boston University and the Boston Conservatory, and has an MFA in Creative Writing from BU. She is the author of Fraulein M. and The Cigarette Girl. Caroline lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts with her husband and daughter.
"An unsettling lens into the Nazis' tightening grasp and the way it
closes around two inseparable sisters growing up in a Catholic
orphanage. ... What's engaging about the book beyond its timeless
moral dilemmas (how far we'll go to save ourselves) is its lively,
well-drawn cast of characters."-- "Bostonia"
"Anyone looking for a great read. This debut novel, set in war-torn
Berlin, is full of family secrets that make for a riveting
can't-put-down read. Everyone's going to be talking about this
one."-- "The Awesome News"
"Debut novelist Woods is a skilled constructor of scenes that
propel readers forward and lay bare the difficulties of living in
complicated times ... .Readers will be moved by the Metzger
sisters."-- "Booklist"
"Woods skillfully captures the disorienting mixture of heady
freedom and mounting fear characterizing 1930s Berlin, and the
political and gender issues she raises add contemporary
relevancy."-- "Publishers Weekly"
"Caroline Woods creates a moving and vivid portrait of two orphaned
sisters in 1930s Berlin. Utterly transporting."--Patricia Park,
author of Re Jane
"Caroline Woods shows tremendous skill in portraying these
characters. It is a big story ingeniously conceived and intimately
told, full of feeling and revealing details...a sheer pleasure to
read."--Ha Jin, National Book Award and PEN/Faulkner award winning
author of Waiting and War Trash
"This evocative tale, finely told, reminds us of the fragility of
family bonds and the compromises made in the name of survival.
Readers will be moved by the conflicts in ideology, loyalty, and
trust that Woods brings to life in these pages."--Daphne Kalotay,
national and international bestselling author of Russian Winter and
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