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In 1939, the families in a remote Jewish village in Romania feel the war close in on them. Their tribe has moved and escaped for thousands of years, but now, there is nowhere else to go. At the suggestion of an eleven-year-old girl and a mysterious stranger who has washed up on the riverbank, the villagers decide to reinvent the world: deny any relationship with the known and start over from scratch. And for years, there is boundless hope. But the real world continues to unfold alongside the imagined one, and soon our narrator - the girl, grown into a young mother - must flee her village to find her husband and save her children, and propel them toward a real and hopeful future.
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"I'm not a fan of WWII stories as a general rule and not usually too excited about fantastical realism but I devoured this book. It was wonderful, capitvating , fascinating and devasting as only WWII can be. Read this - you'll love it."
— Riversue (4 out of 5 stars)
No One is Here Except All of Us Listener Reviews
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" Ever read a book and think "I know this is brand new but I swear I've read this before?"...I had one of those moments with this novel. "
— Ashley, 2/6/2014 -
" I hated this book. I read most of it, until I realized how much I was hating every second of it & finally put it down; there were only about 20 pages left. The whole premise of the book rested on a town of Jews in an isolated area who heard about the war & decided that a reasonable thing to do would be to pretend that they are remaking the world & they are the only ones that exist. That solves the problem of the war & they live in a way that allows them to cut off all contact with the rest of the world so it kind of works. This massive passivity is the most predominant theme in the book. No one actually participates in life, they just let things happen to them. You want to take my child because you think you should have one in the new world? Well, I guess. You didn't like that one & want a different one? Ok. You want to marry off the child you took from me who is not quite 12? I will say nothing. You want to take my child after my parents gave me away & damaged me for life? Ok, I guess that's all right. I mean, SERIOUSLY!!! I had to put it down because it gave me such anger about everything. PARTICIPATE, PEOPLE, PARTICIPATE!!!!! It was written beautifully, but without any character developement at all, because you can't develop someone who is so passive. They were all so simple as to be stupid, no one actually thinks this way. I just couldn't take it. "
— Echo, 2/5/2014 -
" Ausubel's debut novel is an imaginative, inspiring story about the bigness of being alive as an individual, as a member of a tribe and as a participant in history. "
— Jitlapawn, 2/1/2014 -
" Wonderful first novel - the story is original, and compelling. The writing is excellent. I loved this book, and I can't wait to read her next novel. "
— Kathi, 1/22/2014 -
" I found this book to be beautiful in prose but pretentious in plot. "
— Mark, 1/11/2014 -
" Odd story - interesting but I am still not sure I liked it. "
— Nora, 1/9/2014 -
" sounded fascinating but in reality...eh. "
— Jeani, 1/8/2014 -
" Great story, beautifully written. Unforgettable. "
— Nancy, 12/30/2013 -
" An usual story - would enjoy hearing from others about this book. I liked it and I was constantly curious as to where the story was going. "
— Jean, 11/27/2013 -
" Kind of slow and a bit strange. "
— Mer, 10/30/2013 -
" Boek met woorden en beelden om je ermee in te zwachtelen. "
— Tine, 8/30/2013 -
" Gave up on it after 100+ pages as I just was not enjoying it. "
— Jamie, 7/1/2013 -
" This book was beautiful and disturbing. But to be accurate, I suppose it had to be disturbing. I liked the first half of the book better than the second. If you read this, get the tissues ready. "
— Carly, 5/1/2013 -
" I loved how the author wrote this as a mythical fantasy/historical fiction about a small village caught in WWII. Every word seemed like a bead on a carefully strung necklace. "
— Kayne, 4/23/2013 -
" I can't tell you how much I've thought about this book after I finished it. It haunts me (I suppose-- in a good way). Unique concept. Beautiful prose. I'll read anything Ramona writes from now on. "
— steph, 3/31/2013 -
" This story was good, although I really had to wonder at some of the decisions made. "
— Kyrie, 10/1/2012 -
" I loved how different this book is. The trail of storytelling and memory and sadness that it weaves together make it compelling. Such a different way to think about remembering. Vivid and rich in detail. "
— Krista, 8/30/2012 -
" Liked her style got complicated. One of Those need to read with a book club books. "
— Alison, 7/3/2012 -
" Hummm... very interesting and haunting book about one way to deal with the holocaust. Not sure I could say I liked it but it really made me think and the characters and situation is still with me days later... "
— Suzan, 4/22/2012
About Ramona Ausubel
Ramona Ausubel is the author of the novels Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty and No One Is Here Except All of Us, winner of the PEN Center USA Fiction Award and the VCU Cabell First Novel Award and a finalist for the New York Public Library’s Young Lions Fiction Award. She is also the author of the story collection A Guide to Being Born, and her work has been published in the New Yorker, One Story, Paris Review Daily, and Best American Fantasy.
About Laural Merlington
Laural Merlington is an audiobook narrator with over two hundred titles to her credit and a winner of multiple Earphones Awards. An Audie Award nominee, she has also directed over one hundred audiobooks. She has performed and directed for thirty years in theaters throughout the country. In addition to her extensive theater and voice-over work, she teaches college in her home state of Michigan.