REVIEW FROM PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

Eliasberg’s fast-paced, insightful debut explores one woman’s anxiety about helping to create the world’s first nuclear weapon. Dr. Hannah Weiss, a Jew who escaped Nazi Germany, works with the Americans on the atom bomb in 1945 Los Alamos, N.Mex., where, thanks to her exceptional talent and strong personality, she fends off men’s flirtations and chauvinistic assumptions.…

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Hebrew Rights to Hannah’s War Sold to Adel Books

Adel Books is an imprint of Modan Publishing House, Israel’s leading publishing house. Modan is known for its high-quality translated titles. Jan Eliasberg’s Hannah’s War joins their distinguished list of translated literary fiction, including authors Julian Barnes, Samuel Beckett, Raymond Carver, Jeffrey Eugenides, Karl Ove Knausgård, Yan Martel, Cormac McCarthy, Herta Muller, George Simenon, Leïla…

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Pre-Publication Party

Co-hosts John Turturro, Tony Shalhoub, and Little, Brown introduce Jan Eliasberg, author of Hannah’s War at the Pre-Publication party in Manhattan. Photos by Hayley Bruck

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Excerpt from Hannah’s War

Thanks to Little, Brown for making this excerpt from Hannah’s War available to my readers. CHAPTER ONE They come for me at dawn, as I knew they would. I’ve slept in my clothes, and I ask if I may I step into my shoes. They allow that, but nothing else. He tells me to go…

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New Readers Guide for Hannah’s War

I’ve just posted the new Readers Guide for Hannah’s War. @littlebrown came up with a host of fascinating questions for discussion by Book Clubs. The questions are also an excellent companion piece to the book, inspiring the reader to think more deeply about the events and themes of the book.

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From Publisher’s Marketplace

Award-Winning Writer/Director Jan Eliasberg’s Hannah’s War, pitched for readers of The Nightingale and The Alice Network, about a female scientist working to develop the first atomic bomb during World War II, and the ruthless military investigator determined to uncover her secret past, to Judy Clain at Little, Brown, in a pre-empt following a bidding war,…

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