Beautiful Possible

<p>This epic enthralling debut novel--in the vein of Nicole Krauss' <em>The History of Love</em>--follows a postwar love triangle between an American rabbi his wife and a German-Jewish refugee.</p><p>Spanning seventy years and several continents--from a refugee's shattered dreams in 1938 Berlin to a discontented American couple in the 1950s to a young woman's life in modern-day Jerusalem--this epic enthralling novel tells the braided love story of three unforgettable characters. In 1946 Walter Westhaus a German Jew who spent the war years at Tagore's ashram in India arrives at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City where he meets Sol Kerem a promising rabbinical student. A brilliant nonbeliever Walter is the perfect foil for Sol's spiritual questions--and their extraordinary connection is too wonderful not to share with Sol's free-spirited fiancée Rosalie. Soon Walter and Rosalie are exchanging notes sketches and secrets and begin a transcendent love affair in his attic room a temple of dusty tomes and whispered poetry. Months later they shatter their impossible bond retreating to opposite sides of the country--Walter to pursue an academic career in Berkeley and Rosalie and Sol to lead a congregation in suburban New York. A chance meeting years later reconnects Walter Sol and Rosalie--catching three hearts and minds in a complex web of desire heartbreak and redemption. With extraordinary empathy and virtuosic skill <em>The Beautiful Possible</em> considers the hidden boundaries of marriage and faith and the mysterious ways we negotiate our desires.</p>