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Helen's fourth novel The German Sisters will be published by Union Square & Co on January 19, 2027. On the eve of WWI, two Berlin sisters find themselves on opposite sides of the war. One falls under the Führer’s spell—the other flees, putting an ocean and decades of silence between them. A child remains their last, secret bond.

Helen's poetry, essays, and fiction have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, literary journals and in anthologies, including SHORT, published in 2014 by Persea Books. Her first novel, Making It: A Novel of Madison Avenue, published in 2013 by Gallery/Simon and Schuster, is an e-book featuring the first digital epilogue. Her bestselling novel What Was Mine, published in 2016, tells the tale of a woman who
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Helen Klein Ross What a kind inquiry. Thank you, Maria. YES! I am finishing up a manuscript for another novel. This one begins in Germany in the 1930s, continues to 19…moreWhat a kind inquiry. Thank you, Maria. YES! I am finishing up a manuscript for another novel. This one begins in Germany in the 1930s, continues to 1950s NYC and into the present day, involving sisters and a baby who changes both of their lives.(less)
Helen Klein Ross Thanks for reading the book and for liking it, Marissa. I'm glad you related to it, as a mother. Part of my writing the book was an exploration of mot…moreThanks for reading the book and for liking it, Marissa. I'm glad you related to it, as a mother. Part of my writing the book was an exploration of motherhood--all the many ways there are to be a mother and to mother a child who isn't your biological offspring. (Although I hope I haven't made a case for kidnapping one!) I've already started my next novel which will also revolve around a crime committed by someone who doesn't consider herself a criminal. This time, the crime will be set in the 1800s. We've just renovated an old house in Connecticut and I've gained a lot of knowledge about old houses that I want to put to fictional use! Thank you for asking. And for your generous read.(less)
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The German Sisters is a book you can pre-order now

Last night I went out with friends to celebrate the galley drop of The German Sisters which will be published in January. (A galley is the beta version of a book, before the actual book comes out.) You can pre-order a signed copy here. Pre-ordering helps authors immensely :)


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“When you forgive, the prisoner you set free is yourself.”
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“Writing is.... being able to take something whole and fiercely alive that exists inside you in some unknowable combination of thought, feeling, physicality, and spirit, and to then store it like a genie in tense, tiny black symbols on a calm white page. If the wrong reader comes across the words, they will remain just words. But for the right readers, your vision blooms off the page and is absorbed into their minds like smoke, where it will re-form, whole and alive, fully adapted to its new environment.”
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“Watching her sister become fervent about fascism was like watching someone you loved go mad.”
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“Vati respected the free will of others, even his children with whom he didn’t agree.”
― Helen Klein Ross, The German Sisters: A Novel

“And so, they forgave American priests for what priests in their country had failed to do. They imagined that if Hitler invaded America, American priests would stand up to him.”
― Helen Klein Ross, The German Sisters: A Novel

“Everyone who lived through those times has some memory of things starting to change, stirrings of a terrible future barely perceptible, like the first molecules agitating in a pot on a flame.”
― Helen Klein Ross, The German Sisters: A Novel

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