A romp through the playful mind of choreographer Paul Taylor.

"Caldwell has achieved the impossible with poetic ascents to the peaks of hilarious prose. A lovelorn American, a loony aunt, eccentric neighbors, and a corpse who insists on surfacing at every opportunity inhabit this very funny novel."
– Malachy McCourt

A shocking exposé of the American government's campaign since 1940 to keep European Jews out of the U.S.- and knowingly allow dozens of Nazi war criminals in. From the award-winning author of Killing of Karen Silkwood and Escape from Sobibor.

"A heartfelt, intimate, and painfully honest account of the coming of age of one shy boy and of the exotic city he left behind, but will never forget. A story of the courage of breaking away and the "you are there" descriptions of places and people that make the reader part of this narrative of struggle and triumph."
- Barbara Goldsmith, author of the bestselling Little Gloria, Happy at Last

“An impressive novel…Clara’s Heart is notable precisely because of the risks Joseph Olshan has taken that do succeed, not the least of which is its sensitive and often comical treatment of the unique love between a precocious American boy and a wise if tormented Jamaican woman.”
- NYT Book Review

Available in e-book for the first time. The book behind the award-winning three-hour TV movie. By the author of the forthcoming bestseller, USEFUL ENEMIES.