The Storyteller

After a tragic incident that left her with a deep scar not only on her soul but also on her face, Sage began to avoid people. At night, she bakes bread, and during the day, she sleeps. One day, she meets Joseph Weber, an elderly school teacher, and grows close to him despite the age difference. Sage feels that life has finally given her a chance for healing. However, everything changes on the day Joseph confides in her about his past. It turns out that this kind, attentive, and shy man was an SS officer in Auschwitz, where Sage's grandmother was once a prisoner, who told her granddaughter about the horrors she experienced in the concentration camp. Now, Joseph, who has suffered for many years from the realization of the guilt for the atrocities he committed, wants to die and asks Sage to forgive him on behalf of all the Jews killed in the camp and help him leave this life. But does the past grant the right to kill? A gripping story about the boundary between justice and mercy from the world-renowned author Jodi Picoult.