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I am truly hoping that this group will enjoy my book, "Good for a Single Journey" which is based on a real family and spans four generations over the first fifty tumultuous years of the twentieth century. Described by Gregory Zuckerman of the Wall Street Journal as "an evocative, character-rich, historically accurate snapshot of a period of dramatic upheaval. Above all it is a moving story that is hard to put down", my hope is that you will pick it up! Any questions, please do ask!

Helen wrote: "I am truly hoping that this group will enjoy my book, "Good for a Single Journey" which is based on a real family and spans four generations over the first fifty tumultuous years of the twentieth c..."

Thanks for bringing your book to my attention. I am always pleased to learn how other authors have dealt with the issues I face in my own historical fiction. My latest novel, AFTER AUSCHWITZ, is, like yours, currently free on kindle unlimited.

Lewis wrote: "Helen wrote: "I am truly hoping that this group will enjoy my book, "Good for a Single Journey" which is based on a real family and spans four generations over the first fifty tumultuous years of t..."

Well, good luck to you too! Kindle unlimited is great!

Thanks for the recommendation!

You're most welcome. If you read it, I hope you enjoy it and feel it was worthwhile!

Lewis wrote: "Helen wrote: "I am truly hoping that this group will enjoy my book, "Good for a Single Journey" which is based on a real family and spans four generations over the first fifty tumultuous years of t..."

Good luck! Yes, the story 'after' is always fascinating. My book - which spans a period from 1914 at the start of WWI until 1962 - does look at the effects of trauma not just on those who suffered it first-hand, but also intergenerationally. At the moment, living here in Israel, I cannot help wonder about the effects of the atrocities we have witnessed these past months will have on survivors and their descendants.

With all the mention of Kindle Unlimited, I have begun to second-guess my decisions to publish "wide"! However, my own results on KU had been very disappointing.

Ann Abelson's A SLOW TRAIN TO BUDAPEST, which I edited, deals with the emigration of a family from an Austro-Hungarian *shtetl* to the USA. It is based on family history and available in two 99-cent "books" on Kindle or a composite everywhere else (e.g., AppleBooks, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Smashwords, et al.).

Lenny Abelson's THE IBBUR'S TALE -- I used my mother's surname, rather than my own -- draws more extensively upon both that same family *shanda* (pre-World War One) and the horrors suffered by another branch of the family during the Holocaust. All are brought together in 2002 by an *ibbur*. Of course, with that rather obscure form of "possession," I suppose the work might also be deemed "Jewish paranormal," as well as "historical." The novella is available in digital and paperback formats.

One of the main characters in THE IBBUR'S TALE is a half-Jewish man, whose identity eluded the Nazis. He reached the rank of major in the *Wehrmacht*, but then he learned the truth about himself. The novella also discusses the fate of the *Mischlinge*, many of whom (perhaps 160,000) served in the German armed forces.

Amsterdam Publishers, who published my book, has an entire collection of amazing, true life, family memoirs which are well worth exploring. The house is headed by Liesbeth Heenk - a very impressive lady - who has devoted herself to giving voice to those silenced by the tragedy of the holocaust. She is receptive to new manuscripts which I thought may be of interest to this group