Rare stories transcend their words; this is such a story. By effectively laying down a gauntlet at the feet of her readers, the author breathes life into the lives of those who have gone before us, putting flesh and bones on the ordinary, men and women who became extraordinary in spite of all odds, or perhaps because of all odds, daring to fight back in the name of liberty and justice for all. Would we have been as brave?
"The mark of His presence is not in the absence of pain . . . We must believe in something greater than life or how would we find more than despair in its living? Or in its ending. . . So faith is all that is left to us, then."
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On a golden August morning in 1939, sisters Antonina and Helena
Dąbrowska send their father off to defend Poland against the looming
threat of German invasion. The next day, the first bombs fall on Warsaw,
decimating their beloved city and shattering the world of their youth.
When
Antonina's beloved Marek is forced behind ghetto walls along with the
rest of Warsaw's Jewish population, Antonina turns her worry into action
and becomes a key figure in a daring network of women risking their
lives to shelter Jewish children. Helena finds herself drawn into the
ranks of Poland's secret army, joining the fight to free her homeland
from occupation. But the secrets both are forced to keep threaten to
tear the sisters apart--and the cost of resistance proves greater than
either ever imagined.
Shining a light on the oft-forgotten
history of Poland during WWII and inspired by true stories of ordinary
individuals who fought to preserve freedom and humanity in the darkest
of times, The Warsaw Sisters is a richly rendered portrait of courage, sacrifice, and the resilience of our deepest ties.
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