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Weller Public Library

212 Main Street, Waitsburg

Hours: Mon. and Thurs. 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Storytime: Mon., 10:30 a. m.

“Mischling,” by Affinity Konar (Adult Fiction): It’s 1944 when the twin sisters Pearl and Stasha arrive at Auschwitz with their mother and grandfather. The girls take refuge in their identical natures, comforting themselves with the private language and shared games of their childhood.

As part of the experimental population of twins known as Mengele’s Zoo, the girls experience privileges and horrors unknown to others, and they find themselves changed, stripped of the personalit...