Goodreads asked Elaine Stock:

What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?

Elaine Stock I'm so happy you've asked because the question of my own life mystery has actually led me to writing my next novel, We Shall Not Shatter, which releases from Amsterdam Publishers on May 15th 2022. On my paternal side of the family, my grandfather, at the age of 7, immigrated with his parents from Brzeziny, Poland to America. Although he was hearing, a few of his siblings were deaf. All but one (the oldest) were young enough to dodge the more closer health inspections at Ellis Island. However, the oldest, a teen girl, was turned away and was sent back to Poland, never to be heard from or about again. She was likely in her young 40s when the Nazis invaded Poland and being Jewish and deaf, she likely perished in the holocaust slaughter. My novel, of course, is a fictionalized tale inspired by my deaf great aunt, as well as a love-letter to a once thriving Brzeziny. I hope it encourages many to love and respect one another.

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