Tamar Shapiro

RELEASED SEPT 2025

Restitution

Against the backdrop of German reunification, Restitution asks urgent questions that resonate today. What remains when people leave entire lives behind? What happens when personal histories are erased? And what – if anything – can heal these wounds?

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“A deeply felt, beautifully crafted exploration of the ways a family can lose and find each other... Deft, wildly intelligent, and moving—a marvelous debut from a writer at the start of what's sure to be a thrilling career..”
Clare Beams, author of The Garden
“Rich, immersive, and intelligent, Restitution interrogates childhood memories with adult wisdom. It asks whether what’s broken—in us, our families, our nations—can ever be put back together again. It is gorgeous.”
Julia Phillips, bestselling author of Bear
“Tender and deeply-wrought, Restitution is about all the ways war and political division splinter countries and families, but also how they can fracture a person's spirit... hauntingly personal and universal..”
Elizabeth Gonzalez James, author of The Bullet Swallower
“I have rarely encountered a debut novel as potent, moving, and assured as Restitution. Tamar Shapiro twines the past and present, the political and the personal, into a story of tantalizing secrets.”
Abby Geni, author of The Body Farm

About Tamar

Tamar Shapiro’s debut novel, Restitution, was published in September 2025 and named one of the 49 Must-Read Books of Fall 2025 by Town and Country Magazine. Her writing has also appeared in Literary Hub, Electric Literature, Poets and Writers, the Washington Independent Review of Books, and Washington Unbound. A former housing attorney and non-profit leader, Shapiro received her MFA from Randolph College in January 2026 and is a 2026 DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Fellowship grantee. She grew up in both the U.S. and Germany and now lives in Washington, DC with her husband, two children, and the world’s best dog.

Contact

Literary Agent
Dani Segelbaum
Arc Literary Management
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