Sur les ailes de la chance

by Georgia Hunter

Au printemps 1939, la famille Kurc fait de son mieux pour mener une vie normale dans sa ville de Pologne. Halina savoure son histoire d'amour naissante, Jakob prépare son avenir avec Bella, et Mila s'habitue à son nouveau statut de mère, sous le regard bienveillant de Nechuma, la matriarche. Mais l'horreur qui envahit l'Europe ne va pas tarder à les rattraper. Séparés par six années de conflit et cinq continents, des jazz clubs de Paris aux plages de Rio de Janeiro en passant par le goulag sibérien et le ghetto de Varsovie, les Kurc vont traverser la guerre, poussés par la même rage de survivre et l'espoir immense qu'un jour, ils seront à nouveau réunis.

Genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction, Book Club, World War II, Historical, Holocaust, Audiobook

665 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published February 14, 2017

About the author

My first book, We Were the Lucky Ones, was inspired by a family reunion in 2000 that opened my eyes to the astounding, untold wartime stories of my grandfather, his parents and his siblings. In 2008, I set off to research and record this piece of my ancestry and a decade later, We Were the Lucky Ones was born. The book has been published in over twenty languages and has been adapted for television by Hulu as an eight-part limited series.

My second book, One Good Thing, is a historical novel set in Holocaust-era Italy. Told from the perspective of of a young woman forced to trust her inner strength as she navigates a world turned upside-down, One Good Thing is a story of friendship and motherhood, love and survival. You can pre-order now, and look for it on shelves on March 4th, 2025.

When I'm not writing, giving author talks, or dreaming up ideas for my next book, you can find me at home in Rowayton, Connecticut, or on the road in search of adventure with my husband and two boys and our Aussie Shepherd, Dash.