The Days Before Tomorrow

"Must read.... A masterful tale of love, conflict, and revenge depicting a young man's journey to adulthood in war torn Central Europe." —Reedsy Discovery "An epic tale, told with great care, like a mural painted with a fine-tip brush, a blend of past and present. It's a remarkable debut novel." — Don Tassone, author of Francesca In this moving, coming-of-age novel set in the heart of Eastern Europe during the years between the World Wars, a random act of violence by local anti-Semitic thugs casts Wolchi, a trusting and superstitious teenage boy, and Leja, his bookish but independent older sister, on a life-changing journey through a world gone mad. The story unfolds over 15 years in the small towns of Western Ukraine, the urban sophistication of 1930s Krakow, and a wartime Soviet Union. A flawed, but loving Jewish family struggles with daily indignities—and its own betrayals and secrets—until WWII begins and they are shattered. To survive, Wolchi goes to work in a Russian war factory,