The Trespassers

By: Laura Z. Hobson

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Synopsis: A World War II refugee family struggles to reach America in the debut novel from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Gentleman&’s Agreement. As World War II rips through Europe, the Vederles have found themselves in an impossible situation. In temporary exile in Switzerland, the Vederles are caught in a bureaucratic limbo, unable to return home and unable to move on to their dreamed-of life in America. Their sponsor in the United States, Vera Marriner, is embroiled in her own sort of conflict: an affair with Jasper Crown, a radio magnate and egotist of the highest order. Herself the child of Russian socialists who found asylum in the United States, Laura Z. Hobson paints a stark contrast between the sheltered comfort of Vera&’s life in New York and the tense, distant uncertainty of the complete strangers she hopes to rescue.