Lilian has learned to shrink herself to fit other people's ideas of what a girl is. In Lilian's village in Uganda a girl is not meant to be smarter than her brother. A girl is not meant to go to school or enjoy her body or decide who to marry
Suzy Zail Pořadí knih (chronologicky)
Suzy Zailová, mezinárodně publikovaná autorka a bývalá právnička, se ponořila do minulosti svého otce, když mu byla diagnostikována terminální nemoc. Její otec jí sdělil dříve neznámé podrobnosti o svém dětství, kdy přežil německý koncentrační tábor a stal se uprchlíkem v Austrálii. Psaní této knihy jí umožnilo znovu prožít otcův příběh a vzpomenout na něj a na miliony dalších dětí a teenagerů, kteří nepřežili. Autorka věří, že si musíme pamatovat, abychom zabránili vyblednutí minulosti a zajistili, že se hrůzy holokaustu nikdy nebudou opakovat.
La pianista di Auschwitz
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<b>The story of a Jewish girl sent to Auschwitz with her family. She falls in love with the wrong boy – the German son of the camp commander.</b> Hanna is a talented pianist, and the protected second daughter of middle class Hungarian Jews. Relatively late in World War II the Budapest Jews were rounded up and sent to Auschwitz. Hanna and her mother and sister are separated from her father. Her mother becomes increasingly mentally ill until she too is taken away somewhere. Her sister Erika is slowly starving to death. Hanna is quite a naïve 15-year-old but when presented with the opportunity to play piano for the camp commander, she is desperate to be chosen. She goes each day under guard to the commander’s house and stands waiting in case the commander should want some music. Also living in the house is the commander’s son, Karl. A handsome young man who seems completely disengaged from what is happening around him. Hanna hates him as he sits drawing in the music room. But the longer Hanna goes to the house, the more she realises there are other things going on. Secret things. Karl may not be the person she thinks he is. Before she knows it she has fallen in love with the wrong boy.
This novel follows Hanna, a Jewish girl sent to Auschwitz during WWII, who falls in love with Karl, the German son of the camp commander. As she navigates her harsh reality, Hanna discovers hidden truths about Karl and grapples with her feelings amidst the horrors of the camp. The story is inspired by the author’s family history.