It took some time, but finally, the audiobook ‘The Girl Under the Flag’ is online
Narrated by Rebecca Gibel Almost a year ago, since the book “The Girl Under the Flag” was published, I wanted to put it out there in an audiobook version, but it took some time. I was busy writing my second novel, “The Wounded Nurse”, which will come out this spring, and it also took me […]
A new book on the way, ‘The Wounded Nurse.’
I’m excited to tell you that I will be releasing a new book soon, ‘The Wounded Nurse.’ The story of an American Medical Corps nurse coming to Italy to help the wounded, but is injured by a German plane attack and loses her leg. The novel tells about her struggle to become a nurse once […]
Collaborator or Hero?
The Fashion industry of Paris under Nazi occupation. When the Germans conquered France in June 1940, they had one clear goal, to make Berlin the world’s capital. They planned to set the longest boulevards in Berlin, and an Arc de Triumph that would make the one in Paris look small, and of course Berlin would […]
Green Eyes / Brown Eyes
How easy is it to create discrimination? After Martin Luther King was murdered in April 1968, Jane Elliott, a third-grade teacher from Iowa, tried to explain to her confused and upset pupils why someone could kill another person for being different. So she decided to create a lesson on discrimination for her all-white students, to […]
At the Gates of Hell
On the afternoon of January 27, 1945, Sergeant Vassili Krasnov of the Red Army’s 322nd Rifle Division stood at the gates of Hell. Beyond the barbed wire fences surrounding the enormous camp, he could see thin people in striped uniforms, walking slowly and approaching the fence apprehensively. Vassili held his rifle firmly with both hands […]
The New Colossus
On the morning of January 20, 1905, eighteen-year-old Paulina Velas climbed to the deck of the Batavia and looked out at the horizon. Despite the cold air that made her shiver, she remained standing on the deck, wrapped in her old wool coat while her hands held the rain-soaked metal railing. Her nose still […]
The winter of 1943, Hope For the Future
Every year, before the new year begins, I sit in my small studio and think about the last year, trying to describe it to myself before turning the page to the new year to come. This year, the pandemic changed the world. People had to move away from each other. Many lost their jobs, stayed […]