Somehow, the reader of my words feels it, too. I believe in sparks.Īs a writer, I’ve discovered that when I find that burning enthusiasm for the things I love, that spark of passion, and if I let it all that passion out onto the page, it’s like striking a mystical match. I am interested in the vast collection of human experience that has come together to make the world we have today. I’ve probably just assured that Phil Harding, Lucy Worsley, and Stephen Fry will make a snappy exit if we ever find ouselves in the same room. Oh, I’m certain Stephen Fry would be my best friend if he ever happened to meet me. Lucy would confide the locations of all the secret passages in all the castles everywhere, and do so while in costume. Phil would tell me stories about digging up ancient artifacts and probably nap some flint. Stephen Fry, and Phil Harding, the West Country archeologist from Time Team who wore the manky hat. The three people in the world I’d most like to have a cup of tea with. Period costume dramas? Hooray! Murder, mayhem, and bleak Scandie-Noir murder mysteries? Yes, please. This remarkable tale of courage and humanity, based on a true story, is now a Reese's Book Club YA Pick!I’m way more into the BBC and ITV than anything from Hollywood. With two Nazis below, thirteen hidden Jews above, and a little sister by her side, Stefania has one more excruciating choice to make. When the knock finally comes, it is two Nazi officers, requisitioning Stefania's house for the German army. Then they must wait, every day, for the next knock at the door, the one that will mean death.
Stefania and Helena make the extraordinary decision to hide Max, and eventually twelve more Jews. Izio's brother Max has jumped from the train headed to a death camp. The Diamants are forced into the ghetto, and Stefania is alone in an occupied city, the only one left to care for Helena, her six-year-old sister.
She has even made a promise to one of their sons, Izio - a betrothal they must keep secret since she is Catholic and the Diamants are Jewish.īut everything changes when the German army invades Przemysl. It is 1943, and for four years, sixteen-year-old Stefania has been working for the Diamant family in their grocery store in Przemysl, Poland, singing her way into their lives and hearts. One knock at the door, and Stefania has a choice to make. The extraordinary story of Stefania Podgórska, a Polish teenager who chose bravery and humanity by hiding thirteen Jews in her attic during WWII, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Sharon Cameron - now a Reese's Book Club YA Pick!
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