Shosha is a hauntingly lyrical love story set in Jewish Warsaw on the eve of its annihilation. Aaron Greidinger an aspiring Yiddish writer and the son of a distinguished Hasidic rabbi struggles to be true to his art when faced with the chance at riches and a passport to America. But as he and the rest of the Writers' Club wait in horror for Nazi Germany to invade Poland Aaron rediscovers Shosha his childhood love-still living on Krochmalna Street still mysteriously childlike herself-who has been waiting for him all these years.