This was the first time I realised her heroism: the way my mother and her two sisters survived those horrible times. They all seem to be looking out for themselves rather than focussing on their support network around them. The oldest and youngest were deported to a Nazi concentration camp while the middle sister was hidden away in a local hospital. The day before a dangerous operation, their father asked his three daughters, Cibi, Magda and Livia to make a promise that they will look after each other and stay together no matter what. There was one thing in regards to what Colin had done that I must didn't surprise me but when the rest was revealed I was absolutely shocked and my heart went out to two of the characters, one for what they did and one who didn't deserve any of what happened to them.

I don’t know if what I’m conveying makes sense, but after having read both of Morris’s previous novels (both of which had moved me deeply), I unfortunately didn’t feel the same connection to this one, despite how much I wanted to. And as hard it is to read of the suffering, it is also uplifting to learn of life after the war filled with children and grandchildren.

Speechify lets you listen to any text, including all books in the world with the best voices out there! Cibi’s son wrote to Heather Morris after reading the Tattooist of Auschwitz, he asked her to meet his mother and her sisters to consider telling their story. They supported Heather in telling their story even though it was such an emotional rollercoaster reliving the evil period that they endured. She shares how their lives changed once living in Israel and included notes in the form of "Afterward" with family members. A vitally important book to never forget, and a reminder of the depth of human hope, love, and the will to survive.

I had extremely high hopes- maybe unrealistic expectations-😬- that this book would hit all the feels for me.Slovakian sisters Cibi, Livia and Magda make a solemn promise to their dying father to always stay together and to take care of each other. When one begins to falter, the others are there to protect her, to nurse her back to health, or to remind her of their promise.

Como siempre que leo algo de esto, ya sean mejores o peores, son historias reales, son historias que tienen que conocerse, y sin son reales pocas pegas se les puede poner. When the three sisters made their way back to their childhood home they were disillusioned and disgusted to find someone else living in their home. The book is an honest, powerful, at times hard hitting recollection of what the Meller family went through.

Sometimes the stars align and, by a zillion-to-one chance, you discover that dreams, every now and then, do come true. It was absolutely ram packed with mystery, secrets, jealousy, death , revenge, heartbreak, tension, suspense and absolutely everything you could ask for in a gripping and moody thriller. Heather Morris is the global bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz and Cilka's Journey, which have sold eight million copies worldwide. I loved this, just a tiny bit predictable, still the killer twist lives up to its name, very satisfying. What gave them the incentive, the courage to have hope, to believe that there was reason for hope even when the circumstances offered them no obvious reasons to continue to believe - in this case, it was the promise they made to their father.