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Based on a heart-breaking true story of love and survival, it tells of one man's determination to survive and live a full life with the woman he loved. Lale Sokolov survived the horrors of Auschwitz, and the terrible job he had of having to tattoo the prisoners marked for survival. He escaped with his soon-to-be-wife, Gita Sokolov to Australia after the war.
About the author
Born in New Zealand, Heather Morris is passionate about stories of survival, resilience and hope. In 2003, while working in a large public hospital in Melbourne, Heather was introduced to an elderly gentleman who 'might just have a story worth telling'. The day she met Lale Sokolov changed both their lives. Lale's story formed the basis for The Tattooist of Auschwitz and the follow-up novel, Cilka's Journey. In 2021 she published the phenomenal conclusion to the Tattooist trilogy, Three Sisters, after being asked to tell the story of three Holocaust survivors who knew Lale from their time in Auschwitz-Birkenau. Together, her novels have sold more than 18 million copies worldwide. Sisters Under the Rising Sun, a heart-wrenching novel based upon the experiences of women in Japanese POW camps, was published in 2023 to great acclaim. Heather's first contemporary novel, The Wish, will be published in September 2025.
Summary
For Lale - a dandy, a jack-the-lad, a bit of a chancer - it was love at first sight.
Foreword
For readers of Schindler's List, The Man Who Broke into Auschwitz and The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
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You will not regret adding this beautifully written book to your summer reading list
