Grand Central: Original Stories of Postwar Love and Reunion

A Jewish violinist uses New York's Grand Central Terminal as his own Carnegie Hall to capture the heart of an emigrant dancer brought to the United States by Universal Pictures in "Going Home" by Alyson Richman. Jenna Blum's "Lucky One" tells of a Berlin aristocrat and Terezin concentration camp survivor who loses his job as a kitchen boy because his numerical tattoo causes indigestion among the lunch set. A wife waiting at the station makes a startling decision as she awaits her spouse's return from the European front in "I'll Walk Alone" by Erika Robuck. A mistress to Nazi officers struggles with guilt and shame during a surprise meeting with a blind epileptic Jew who shows her a new hope for humanity in "The Branch of Hazel" by Sarah McCoy. These are just a few of the stories in this collection of post-World War II fiction centered on the iconic railway station.