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The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman, which came out in September, is a novel full of magical realism about good versus evil and the sacrifices we make for love. The story takes place in 1941 Berlin, when a woman sends her 12-year-old daughter, Lea, away to a renowned rabbi in order to survive the invading Nazi regime. The rabbi's daughter creates a golem, sworn to protect Lea, that leads her to safety.