Mignon Willis

“You are betraying nothing if you follow your heart,”
― Kristin Harmel, The Book of Lost Names

“Where? Where did he go?” “East.” Eva took a deep breath. “To a work camp called Auschwitz. In Poland.” “But that’s impossible. He was taken less than a week ago. And we live in France, Eva. This doesn’t happen in France.” “I’m afraid it does.” Eva could see the crush of people penned up at Drancy each time she closed her eyes. “But we left Poland. We—we are French.” “We are Jews.”
― Kristin Harmel, The Book of Lost Names

“Hope was a dangerous thief, stealing her today's for a tomorrow that would never come”
― Kristin Harmel, The Book of Lost Names

“All she'd wanted was the life she deserved. It didn't occur to her that she had gotten it.”
― Liv Constantine, The Last Mrs. Parrish