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A Writer Finds Her Lost Roots and Gains Love and Hope

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15.05.2026

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Daniela Gerson is an award-winning Los Angeles-based reporter, as well as an associate professor of journalism. When I read her new book, The Wanderers: A Story of Exile, Survival, and Unexpected Love in the Shadow of World War II, I realized that my and her (and her wife's) grandparents’ journeys from Europe overlapped in some ways, though at different times—and although I never deeply researched my own roots, I found Gerson’s discoveries familiar as well as fascinating.

I knew I had to interview her.

Susan K. Perry: To begin, let me just say I can’t count how many times your book gave me chills and goosebumps. Not only, I’m sure, because I can personally relate to some of your stories, but also due to your talented........

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