In the abyss of one of history’s greatest tragedies, does one person's story matter? This is the question at the heart of Sarah Wildman’s Paper Love (Riverhead), a memoir of chasing a ghost — ...

In my father’s eulogy for my grandfather, he quoted Field Marshal Ferdinand Foch: “Hard pressed on my right; center is yielding; impossible to maneuver. Situation excellent, I shall attack.” As much ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

When Sarah Wildman was a girl, she delighted in hearing stories of how her grandfather escaped the Nazis and made a life and a family in America. But as an adult she learned that the truth wasn't that ...

For Sarah Wildman, her grandfather Karl Wildman’s escape from Europe at the outset of World War II was her family’s foundational myth. A newly minted medical school graduate and a Jew, Karl left ...