Emily Matchar
In the Shadow of the Greenbrier:
A Novel

The Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia has kept many secrets—including the government’s. The Zelners, who run a dry goods store nearby, grapple with their role as the only Jews in town. When the Greenbrier is commandeered as a luxury prison for Axis diplomats, their daughter-in-law finds her fidelity strained. Years later, she and her children must reckon with the dangerous secrets she has kept, but it will be her grandson who finally reveals the Greenbrier’s untold story to the world. 

Emily Matchar has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, Outside, Smithsonian, and The Atlantic and is the author of Homeward Bound. In the Shadow of the Greenbrier is her first novel.