{"product_id":"the-wanderers-a-story-of-exile-survival-and-unexpected-love-in-the-shadow-of-world-war-ii-9780306834301","title":"The Wanderers: A Story of Exile, Survival, and Unexpected Love in the Shadow of World War II","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn immigration journalist and her wife trace their family's intertwined past to unearth a history of how hundreds of thousands of Polish Jews survived Hitler's Holocaust at the brutal hands of Stalin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ea story that sheds light on the enduring power of hope and love.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Daniela Gerson and her wife, Talia Inlender, met at a picnic in Los Angeles, not knowing that 75 years earlier, their grandparents had left homes only blocks away from each other in a small Polish town, and fled east to Ukraine. The Gersons and the Inlenders would go on parallel odysseys of 5,000 miles to survive the Holocaust--journeys that would, after a deceitful loyalty test from Stalin, put them on cattle cars to a Soviet Gulag, trap them for years in limbo in Central Asia, and would end, after a decade on the run, with new lives built on secrets and lies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For years, Daniela and Talia simply accepted this painful shared history as a sign that they were \u003ci\u003eb'shert\u003c\/i\u003e, meant to be. Their families' refugee past fueled their work: Daniela as an immigration journalist; Talia an immigration attorney. But as Daniela uncovered more, she realized that their grandparents shared this escape path in the Soviet Union with most Polish Jews who survived; a group--sometimes collectively called \"the Wanderers\"--that is almost entirely absent from popular understanding of World War II. And unlike most Holocaust sagas that focus on the exceptionality of the Nazi genocide, theirs was also a universal story of refugees making impossible decisions when forced to seek safety, protect their children, and find new homes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is a story that, to the dismay of the world, remains relevant each time a political upheaval wreaks havoc on individual lives. Part genealogical detective story, part gripping history, part contemporary reporting on war-torn territories, \u003ci\u003eThe Wanderers\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles Daniela's journey to unearth this past with her wife, and reveal its echoes in still-contested lands from Ukraine to Israel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wanderers\u003c\/i\u003e is a groundbreaking narrative history, and a meditation on how a home left behind and a desperate journey to survive reverberates across borders and through generations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniela Gerson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grand Central Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.25w x 1.01d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780306834301\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/12\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniela Gerson \u003c\/b\u003eis an award-winning immigration reporter whose work has appeared in outlets including \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWNYC, Der Spiegel\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e. An associate professor of journalism at California State University, Northridge and editor-at-large at Zócalo Public Square, she previously co-founded Migratory Notes, worked as a community engagement editor at the\u003ci\u003e LA Times\u003c\/i\u003e and as a staff immigration reporter for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Sun\u003c\/i\u003e. Daniela lives in Los Angeles with her two children and wife, an attorney specializing in immigrants' rights.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Daniela Gerson \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47809159331997,"sku":"9780306834301","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_815ae30d-fd9c-4ac7-a128-7407c90bff78.jpg?v=1775557450","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-wanderers-a-story-of-exile-survival-and-unexpected-love-in-the-shadow-of-world-war-ii-9780306834301","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}