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Ellen Brazer is the award-winning author of six books. Clouds Across the Sun was a pre-production selection at the Cannes Film Festival. Her novel Hearts of Fire was the recipient of Hadassah's prestigious Myrtle Wreath I Am Meir's Brother was selected by BookAuthority as one of the best books in its category, its recommendations featured on CNN and Forbes. Her newest book, She Came to Listen, was released July 2026. Ellen has spoken to over 6,000 people at venues throughout the country.

SHE CAME to LISTEN (JULY 2026) After the death of her beloved husband, retired journalist and former war correspondent Abi Levine believes the most meaningful chapters of her life have already been written. Then the impossible happens.An encounter with a ce Ellen Brazer is the award-winning author of six books. Clouds Across the Sun was a pre-production selection at the Cannes Film Festival. Her novel Hearts of Fire was the recipient of Hadassah's prestigious Myrtle Wreath I Am Meir's Brother was selected by BookAuthority as one of the best books in its category, its recommendations featured on CNN and Forbes. Her newest book, She Came to Listen, was released July 2026. Ellen has spoken to over 6,000 people at venues throughout the country.

SHE CAME to LISTEN (JULY 2026) After the death of her beloved husband, retired journalist and former war correspondent Abi Levine believes the most meaningful chapters of her life have already been written. Then the impossible happens.An encounter with a centuries-old oak tree forces her to question everything she thought she knew about life, death, love, purpose, and what endures after loss.
Certain she cannot tell another soul, Abi returns day after day, caught between believing she is witnessing an inexplicable miracle and fearing she may be losing her grip on reality.As she revisits a lifetime spent reporting from the front lines of history, Abi discovers that the greatest stories are not always found in world events, but in the quiet moments that shape every human life.
"Ellen Brazer writes from the heart. Her stories stay with you."

Hearts of Fire is the prequel and extended version of Clouds Across the Sun. If you have read Clouds then reading this book will be like watching a favorite movie from a different perspective.
Shadowing the lives of two families, Hearts of Fire begins with the Milch Twins. Raised in Berlin, Germany, they are classic products of poverty and abuse. Brilliant, handsome and despotic, one twin maneuvers his way into the twisted bowels of the Nazi inner circle. Simultaneously, we follow the life of a girl born into a pious Jewish family in Vilna, Poland. Gifted, beautiful and determined to become an actress, Morgan Rabinowiszch she makes the momentous decision to break with the traditions of her faith. From pre-war Paris to post-war Russia, from the malaria-infested swamps of Israel to the greed-filled corridors of modern Washington, this historical sage is a story of duplicity and outrage, courage, termination, love and triumph.

Clouds Across the Sun https://rb.gy/k0tbck
was listed on Amazon under the best Holocaust related novels and is now being made into a movie. Ellen is thrilled to announce that she will be re-releasing Hearts of Fire, https://amzn.to/3u4WgQZ
the prequel and extended version to Clouds Across the Sun.

And So It Was Written http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0095ZIB84
premiered as a bestseller under Jewish Literature on Amazon. It is the story of the building and consequent destruction of a Third Temple in Jerusalem and the discovery of the Ark of the Covenant holding the Ten Commandments. If you liked The Dove Keepers you wi ...more

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	Clouds Across the Sun 4.04 avg rating — 225 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Wondering Jew: My Journey into Judaism 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Some people like the Jews, and some do not. But no thoughtful man can deny the fact that they are, beyond any question, the most formidable and most remarkable race which has appeared in the world.
— Winston S. Churchill”
― Ellen Brazer, Clouds Across the Sun