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Katrina Shawver
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Henry: A Polish Swimmer's True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz to America
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Number the Stars by Lois Lowry Stands the Test of Time
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry stands the test of time. Readers may think I have lived under a rock, but I wasn’t well-acquainted with Lois Lowry’s works until I attended a presentation she gave recently in Phoenix. I knew of her, just not much about her, since children’s books aren’t a genre I read. The Phoenix Holocaust Association hosted an author event with Lowry, timed with International Holo
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| This slim volume is a great approach to writing a memoir. The author has taught memoir writing for 20 years. She simplifies the process, encourages writers to avoid writing prompts, and focus on their project. It begins with knowing what the memoir i ...more | |
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| The Escape Artist is the story of Rudolf Vrba, a Slovak Jew who escaped from Auschwitz. I knew of his story, but this book is so well-researched and thorough it covers many details I was not aware of. The author filled in why Rudolf knew so much abou ...more | |
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| The Lion Women of Tehran is a role model for how to write a good novel. I listened to the audiobook and finished it in 3 days, because I could. not. stop. The voices on the audiobook were perfect, and distinct so they added to the book. The analogy o ...more | |
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| A Woman in Berlin is an essential and brutal reading for anyone interested in WWII and Germany at the end of the war. This is a nonfiction, diary of a German woman for two months in 1945 at the end of the war. I consider this book the Das Boot of lit ...more | |
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| When We Had Wings is a story of friendship and love, set during WWII. Penny, Eleanor, and Lita, three nurses from different backgrounds, meet in 1941 in the Philippines. They each are escaping something in their past, and at first the assignment is l ...more | |
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| The Warsaw Sisters is first a tribute and ode to Poles and Poland, and second a fictional account of two sisters during World War II in Warsaw. The author did a thorough job with her research, weaving in true stories like Irena Sendler, the Katyn For ...more | |
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| The Briar Club takes place in the 1950s and touches on many issues of the time. At the heart, is the need for friendship and connection that a mismatched set of women finds in a boarding house at the intersection of Briar and Wood Streets. This is an ...more | |
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| I read this immediately after reading The Miniaturist. (I didn't even know there was a TV show based on the first book.) It continues the story 18 years later with Thea, who was born at the end of The Miniaturist. While this book could stand alone, I ...more | |
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| I found myself smiling as I read most of this. The author has a certain dry wit and keen observation skills for both people and places. The story is set in Phoenix and Tempe, Arizona, where I live, so I recognized a lot of the places he references. S ...more | |
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| The Invisible Bridge is a sweeping, epic family saga that fills 28 hours of audiobook. Let me say that again - 28 hours. Reading this book is a huge investment of time. In scope, it could be the Gone with the Wind version of Hungarian Jews from 1937- ...more | |
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“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
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