The Book of Joseph

Every family has its secrets. The Hollander family’s spanned three generations and two continents, from World War Two-era Poland to present-day America, all locked in a suitcase in Joseph Hollander’s attic. When his son, Richard, uncovered the suitcase, he found more than just Swastika-stamped letters and legal documents — he found a family he had never met and a father’s legacy that was never mentioned. A family torn apart by war, fighting to escape and survive, an unplanned immigration and quest to stay in the United States, and a tale of love lost and found were all captured in letters uncovered a generation later, which became the book Every Day Lasts a Year. Now adapted as The Book of Joseph, the Hollander family journey offers a story for each of us.