Synopsis: From the author of the multi-million copy bestseller, The Tattooist of Auschwitz, comes the new novel based on an incredible true story of love and resilience.
Her beauty saved her life - and condemned her.
Cilka is just sixteen years old when she is taken to Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp, in 1942. The Commandant at Birkenau, Schwarzhuber, notices her long beautiful hair, and forces her separation from the other women prisoners. Cilka learns quickly that power, even unwillingly given, equals survival.
After liberation, Cilka is charged as a collaborator for sleeping with the enemy and sent to Siberia. But what choice did she have? And where did the lines of morality lie for Cilka, who was sent to Auschwitz when still a child?
In a Siberian prison camp, Cilka faces challenges both new and horribly familiar, including the unwanted attention of the guards. But when she makes an impression on a woman doctor, Cilka is taken under her wing. Cilka begins to tend to the ill in the camp, struggling to care for them under brutal conditions.
Cilka finds endless resources within herself as she daily confronts death and faces terror. And when she nurses a man called Ivan, Cilka finds that despite everything that has happened to her, there is room in her heart for love.
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About the Author: HEATHER MORRIS is a native of New Zealand, now resident in Australia. For several years, while working in a large public hospital in Melbourne, she studied and wrote screenplays, one of which was optioned by an Academy Award-winning screenwriter in the US. In 2003, Heather was introduced to an elderly gentleman who ‘might just have a story worth telling’. The day she met Lale Sokolov changed both their lives. Their friendship grew and Lale embarked on a journey of self-scrutiny, entrusting the innermost details of his life during the Holocaust to her. Heather originally wrote Lale’s story as a screenplay – which ranked high in international competitions – before reshaping it into her debut novel, The Tattooist of Auschwitz.
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My Review: This was a totally amazing title about one women's journey though her life from concentration camp to prison and everything in between. This story is so full of loss, suffering, life, heartbreak, love, hope, and more that it was hard to get through at times. It just comes off as someone's real life versus fiction. And I wonder if it was based on someone. Its one of those titles that you take your time with and you don't rush it. Those who love historical fiction as well as stories about WWII will enjoy this one. This story will take you on an emotional ride that will devastate you by the last pages. The writing is beautiful and the story is moving.
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
My Review: This was a totally amazing title about one women's journey though her life from concentration camp to prison and everything in between. This story is so full of loss, suffering, life, heartbreak, love, hope, and more that it was hard to get through at times. It just comes off as someone's real life versus fiction. And I wonder if it was based on someone. Its one of those titles that you take your time with and you don't rush it. Those who love historical fiction as well as stories about WWII will enjoy this one. This story will take you on an emotional ride that will devastate you by the last pages. The writing is beautiful and the story is moving.
Praise for The Tattooist of Auschwitz:
“Based on a true story, the wrenching yet riveting tale of Lale’s determination to survive the camp with Gita is a moving testament to the power of kindness, ingenuity, and hope.” ―People
“The Tattooist of Auschwitz is the story of hope and survival against incredible odds and the power of love.” ―PopSugar
“The Tattooist of Auschwitz is an extraordinary document..I find it hard to imagine anyone who would not be drawn in, confronted and moved. I would recommend it unreservedly to anyone, whether they’d read a hundred Holocaust stories or none.” ―Graeme Simsion, internationally-bestselling author of The Rosie Project
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