The Plum Trees
A poignant tale about one woman’s quest to recover her family’s history, and a story of loss and survival during the Holocaust.
Critics re The Plum Trees:
The Ultimate Summer Escape: Historical Fiction
A New York Times Recommended Historical Fiction selection for 2021
Written with urgency, elegance, and grace, Shorr’s novel is a deeply moving account of a family’s suffering.
Kirkus Reviews
This moving account makes clear the need to remember the horrors of war.
Publishers Weekly
Shorr blurs the distinction between present and past, a technique that demonstrates the undeniable significance of ancestral trauma on current and future generations.
Jewish Book Council
[a] thought-provoking quest to understand the meaning of evil, guilt, and survival.
New York Journal of Books
”The Plum Trees” by Victoria Shorr is based on the author’s own family story.
Jewish Community Voice
The novel is exceptional in its realism. Recommended.
Historical Novel Society