I've Never Experienced Anything Like That Before, You Know?

"I felt simultaneously honored and also odd, because I wasn't sure that I was really worthy of her confidence," she says. "It didn't actually matter whether I was worthy or not, because I had been chosen ... So it was time to put the vodka away and get to work" The book is about a Polish woman who moved to Ukraine during World War II. It's published by Simon & Schuster at $16.99.