After Nobel-Prize-winning author Patrick Modiano found a personal ad about a missing Jewish girl in a Parisian newspaper from 1945, he was shocked to discover how much their lives might have intersected, and he became determined to uncover as much about her life as he could. Dora Bruder chronicles his eight-year pursuit of her story, the hidden history of Paris, and the painful memories that his project brings up from his own life. Join us as we discuss this short but powerful book about the importance of remembering.

Mentioned in the episode:

German occupation of France

You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes podcast

French student revolt in May 1968

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

The Great Believers by Rebeccah Makkai

Recommendations:

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

The Devil In the White City by Erik Larson

Works of Jonathan Safran Foer

The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion