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Fromthenovel"AttheWolf'sTable"byRosellaPostorino                  
                　　Germany,1943:Twenty-six-year-oldRosaSauer’sparentsaregone,andherhusbandGregorisfaraway,fightingonthefrontlinesofWorldWarII.Impoverishedandalone,shemakesthefatefuldecisiontoleavewar-tornBerlintolivewithherin-lawsinthecountryside,thinkingshe’llfindrefugethere.Butonemorning,theSScometotellhershehasbeenconscriptedtobeoneofHitler’stasters:threetimesaday,sheandnineotherwomengotohissecretheadquarters,theWolf’sLair,toeathismealsbeforehedoes.                  
                　　Forcedtoeatwhatmightkillthem,thetastersbegintodivideintoTheFanatics,thoseloyaltoHitler,andthewomenlikeRosawhoinsisttheyaren’tNazis,evenastheyrisktheirliveseverydayforHitler’s.Assecretsandresentmentsgrow,thisunlikelysisterhoodreachesitsowndramaticclimax,aseveryonebeginstowonderiftheyareonthewrongsideofhistory.