Pulitzer Prize winning novelist, Geraldine Brooks, adds to her list of wondrous reads another victory.  People of the Book utilizes all the historical detail her works have been known to encompass. 

The narrative bounces back and forth in time to search out the people who have contributed to the illuminated Hebrew Haggadah's history.  Using clues such as an insect wing, a wine stain, salt crystals, and a white hair,  Hanna Heath , an entrepid rare book expert,  will risk all in the pursuit of a scientific truth.

A touching love stories are interwoven with the book's journey through time.  Love of God, love of wealth and love of tradition compete in fascination with the romantic love Hanna struggles to grasp. 

When you finish reading this scientific and literary investigation you will be compelled to go back and read Geraldine Brooks' earlier two works, March and Year of Wonders .