From Where We Came

Uncovering the past means facing the truths hidden within it.

Blake Rosen can’t shake the mysteries that haunt his family history. At the center is his great-uncle Julius, a figure long shrouded in silence, who died during the 1918 flu epidemic. Determined to uncover the truth, Blake embarks on a journey through time, unearthing stories that span generations.

From a harrowing voyage by ship to Ellis Island to the fractured dreams of those seeking a new life, From Where We Came traces one Jewish immigrant family’s path through love, loss, and identity. Blake must piece together his family’s complicated past, as the decades slip by and memories fade like wisps of smoke.

A sweeping and intimate novel, From Where We Came is not just about one family—it’s about the universal longing to understand where we come from, what we carry with us, and what it means to finally feel at home in your own skin.