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Product Description A war bride awaits the arrival of her GI husband at the platform... A Holocaust survivor works at the Oyster Bar, where a customer reminds him of his late mother... A Hollywood hopeful anticipates her first screen test and a chance at stardom in the Kissing Room... On any particular day, thousands upon thousands of people pass through New York City's Grand Central Terminal, through the whispering gallery, beneath the ceiling of stars, and past the information booth and its beckoning four-faced clock, to whatever destination is calling them. It is a place where people come to say hello and good-bye. And each person has a story to tell. Now, ten bestselling authors inspired by this iconic landmark have created their own stories, set on the same day, just after the end of World War II, in a time of hope, uncertainty, change, and renewal. About the Author Melanie Benjamin is the author of several critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling historical novels, including The Aviators Wife and Alice I Have Been. Jenna Blum is the New York Times bestselling author of Those Who Save Us and The Stormchasers. She has been writing professionally since she was sixteen, when her short story The Legacy of Frank Finklestein won Seventeen magazines national fiction contest. She earned her BA from Kenyon College and her MA from Boston University. Sarah Jio is the New York Times bestselling author of Blackberry Winter, The Violets of March, and The Bungalow. She has written thousands of articles for magazines such as Glamour, Self, Health, Redbook, Cooking Light, Womans Day, O, The Oprah Magazine, and many other publications. She lives in Seattle. Sarah McCoy is the USA Today bestselling author of Marilla of Green Gables; The Mapmakers Children; The Bakers Daughter, a 2012 Goodreads Choice Award Best Historical Fiction nominee; the novella The Branch of Hazel, featured in the anthology Grand Central; and The Tim