Tag: WWII
Hooray! I am celebrating!!
Ashes and Ruins hits the shelves of bookstores on January 31, 2026. I’m pleased to announce the release of my latest historical novel. Based on a true story, Ashes and Ruins brings readers the full story of Clara and Edith, characters introduced in Immigrant Soldier. In the new stand-alone novel, mother and daughter come alive…
Why Did Jews Stay So Long in Nazi Germany?
READERS OF MY HISTORICAL NOVEL, Immigrant Soldier, have asked me why the two main characters remained in Germany after Hitler came to power. Indeed, along with a few kind words, one reader wrote in a review, “I really didn’t like Clara, because she stayed too long in Germany. Why didn’t she leave earlier?” This is…
Books Beyond Auschwitz
When I learned, at seventeen, of my father’s Jewish heritage, I flung myself headlong into reading about Judaism. (see my earlier post, Finding my Jewish Story.) Naturally, this discovery led me to read countless books about the Holocaust and World War II. . . . And finally, to writing two historical novels inspired by family stories…
Finding the Women’s Story Buried in Immigrant Soldier
A Mother and Daughter Relationship Revealed. ________________________________________________________________________________________ I WAS COMPELLED TO WRITE my first novel, Immigrant Soldier, because the true story of my uncle’s role in Patton’s Third Army grabbed me and would not let me go. Herman’s Jewish blood branded him in Nazi eyes, forced him to flee his homeland, and landed him in the…