The big difference here between this and The Tattooist of Auschwitz is that Morris explores fully what happened to the sisters after the camps were liberated.

Then as the war started to go in favor of the Allies, the Nazis made the prisoners of Auschwitz/Birkenau go on a death march. But based on other reviews, a lot of people didn't see the twist coming and really loved it because of the ending. We were blessed that my father, my aba, and my ema were open with us, and didn’t keep their lives before we knew them a mystery. I found it difficult to engage with the story on the emotional level that I was expecting to, primarily because the writing lacked depth and so the emotional scenes felt like they had less impact. As families were being torn apart during WWII, these children promised their father that they would stay together, no matter what happened!The rumors of guards beginning to round up young Jewish girls and boys to work for the Germans are starting to circulate the town. As with most historical fiction set in this time period, it is difficult to read about the horrible treatment that Jews faced and the incredible resiliency of the survivors. It is painful, however, to think of all the children and grandchildren who were never born because so many did not survive. Their fight for survival takes them from the hell of Auschwitz, to a death march across war-torn Europe and eventually home to Slovakia, now under iron Communist rule.

Heather Morris interviewed and spent quality time with many members of the sister’s family and with each sister so that their story could be told in its entirety. At the time, Morris was on a promotional tour of South Africa, instead of flying back to Australia, she took a detour and headed to Israel to meet the sisters.None of the characters are particularly likeable , have any happy moments, or i was really able to visualise with all of the female characters coming off the worst. Speechify lets you listen to any text, including all books in the world with the best voices out there! In Fritz After Dark, which collects the graphic novels Luba: Three Daughters, High Soft Lisp, and more, the children are growing up and lovers have come and gone (and come and gone again). I can't say more than that as I don't want to spoil it for future readers so if you want to know you'll have to grab yourself a copy! Thank you to the wonderful team at Echo Publishing for an early copy of the book to read and review.