{"product_id":"impossible-choices-karen-s-davis-9798258720382","title":"Impossible Choices: When Survival is Left to Chance","description":"IMPOSSIBLE CHOICES \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSome family stories are passed down with pride. Others are buried so deeply that uncovering them risks destroying everything a family believes about itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInspired by real people and extraordinary true events from the author's own family, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eImpossible Choices \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eis a sweeping, emotionally charged novel of survival, ambition, betrayal, and moral compromise. Spanning nearly a century-from the fading splendor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire to Depression-era New York, from Stalinist Romania to the battle for Israel's creation-it follows three intertwined branches of one family whose fates collide in ways none of them can escape. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the center stands Ana Pauker, once called by \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTime \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003emagazine \"the most powerful woman alive.\" Brilliant, feared, and ruthless when necessary, she rises to the top of Romania's Communist regime, understanding a brutal truth: survival often demands the unforgivable. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn America, Isaac Steinman believes in something entirely different-that education, integrity, and hard work are enough to secure a future. But one devastating mistake shatters everything he built, forcing his family to confront how fragile decency becomes when survival is at stake. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen there is Mike Pauker, Isaac's charismatic son-in-law: a man who claws his way out of poverty during the Great Depression and builds a life of wealth, influence, and respectability in New York. But behind the tailored suits and business success lies a dangerous secret world of covert deals, smuggling networks, and impossible alliances forged to save Jews trapped in Eastern Europe and support the violent birth of a nation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs war, ideology, and history close in, every member of the family is forced to confront the same impossible question: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow far would you go to save the people you love? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd once you cross that line, can you ever come back? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEpic in scope yet intimate in emotion, \u003ci\u003eImpossible Choices \u003c\/i\u003eis a vividly haunting historical novel about family loyalty, political extremism, sacrifice, and the terrible cost of survival.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karen S. Davis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798258720382\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d","brand":"Karen S. Davis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48874767286527,"sku":"9798258720382","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/impossible-choices-karen-s-davis-9798258720382","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}