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Fun Facts about “The Keeper of Lost Daughters”

As I’m sure you’ve heard – because I won’t shut up about it – my first book, “The Keeper of Lost Daughters” was published a few days ago. If you would like to buy a copy for your Kindle, or a hardcover or paperback edition, you can do so here. If you do, pretty please leave a review, at Amazon, Goodreads, your blog, Facebook…wherever you like. Even if your review is only a few words long (“I love it” or “It sucks”), I will appreciate it. Okay, maybe not so much the second one, but I’ll try to appreciate the honesty. I mean, I’ll definitely cry and binge eat a lot of chocolate, you know how it goes.

Whenever a new story of mine is published, I try to do a Fun Facts post about it, to further promote it. The posts are a behind-the-scenes look at what inspired the story. I thought it would be fun to do one for “The Keeper of Lost Daughters.”

(Emilie de Ravin was my original face claim for Lidia.)

We’ll start with the heroine whose name is Lidia Sobieska. Years ago, I had the honor of going on the CANDLES Museum’s annual tour of Auschwitz-Birkenau and Krakow. The group was divided into two and the tour guide who led the group I was in was named Lidia. She was extraordinary, she was a walking encyclopedia. The last name, Sobieski/Sobieska, comes from LeeLee Sobieski who was an actress in the late 1990s and early 2000s. It is a common surname in Poland, one of the kings of Poland bore it.

(Eva Mozes Kor, the inspiration for Ewa Diamant.)

Another character is named Ewa. She was named after Eva Mozes Kor – may her memory be a blessing. Eva Mozes Kor was a Holocaust survivor and former Mengele Twin. Years after she immigrated to America, she started the CANDLES Museum, to educate the world about the Holocaust. In the 1990s, she publicly forgave the Nazis and she made it her life’s mission to encourage others to forgive, in a way to sow seeds of peace.

My novel takes places primarily in Krakow. Some of the sites shown in the story are St. Mary’s Basilica, Main Market Square, Podgorze Ghetto, Wawel Castle, Planty Park, Gestapo Headquarters, Kazimierz District, and Auschwitz-Birkenau which is in Oswiecim.

(Oskar Schindler.)

A number of historical figures are referenced in “The Keeper of Lost Daughters” however, none of them make any cameos. The ones mentioned are: Oskar Schindler, Amon Goethe, Carl Clauberg, Joseph Mengele, Cardinal Hlond, and Hans Frank.

The CANDLES Museum tour I went on was in 2015. This was before covid, before the war in Ukraine (though Russia had annexed the Crimea), and before the recent surge in fascism. We visited a variety of places, like the Krakow Ghetto Square, the Oskar Schindler Museum, the Wieliczka Salt Mine, Plaszow Camp, and Amon Goethe’s former villa. This was the same place where Amon Goethe would stand out and shoot Jewish people, as depicted in Schindler’s List. We were also shown one of the places where Steven Spielberg filmed his masterpiece movie.

During the first few days of the tour of Auschwitz-Birkenau, I felt very numb to it all. I mean, I did cry, but really it wasn’t until Friday on our last trip there that I really broke down. We had been taken to Israel’s memorial in the camp and were shown footage of Jewish life before the war. People were laughing, going to the park, dancing. Finally, a little girl at the beach, playing in the sand, was shown. We were then told that no one in the footage survived the war. Like everyone who visits Auschwitz, I came away a different person.

For years I called my novel, “The Judgment of Solomon.” It was inspired by 1 Kings 3:16-28, where two women approach King Solomon each claiming a boy as their own. King Solomon offers to cut the child into two, that way they can each have him. The true mother surrenders her rights, hoping that the boy will be spared.

The novel spans from 1941 to 1946.

I began “The Keeper of Daughters” in March of 2016 and the first draft took nearly four months to write. From 2016 to 2020 I rewrote it twice – it was rejected from like seventy literary agents. I kind of gave up on it until 2023, when I rewrote for a third time. I started sending it to the publishers, and by December of 2024 it had been rejected by forty-some times. Then, miracle of miracles, ReadMore Press took a chance on it, accepted it, and it is now in print!

Until next time!

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"The Keeper of Lost Daughters," has been out for only two days and right now it's doing all right. Thank you to everyone who has bought a copy and to those who have been supportive!

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"The Keeper of Lost Daughters," has been out for only two days and right now it's doing all right. Thank you to everyone who has bought a copy and to those who have been supportive!

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Thank you for the love and support!

The Keeper of Lost Daughters

Well, today is the day. My first book, “The Keeper of Lost Daughters,” has been released today. Publishing a book has been a dream of mine since I was eleven. I’m somewhere between ecstatic and terrified. Ecstatic that my story is finally in print. Terrified of what the response will be. For better or for worse, it’s done. I’m a novelist now!

Here is the blurb:

The moment Lidia laid eyes on the abandoned baby on her doorstep, she knew she would risk everything to protect her forever. 1941, Krakow. Lidia Sobieska hears a knock on the door and is shocked to find a baby in a basket on her doorstep. Attached to the basket is a letter from the baby’s mother, begging to save her daughter Suzanne from the Nazis. Always wanting children of her own but unable to conceive, Lidia knows there is only one right thing to do. She names the baby Sophie and vows to do everything she can to love and protect her. As living conditions in Krakow worsen and food rations dwindle, Sophie becomes Lidia’s light. Witnessing the inhumane conditions of the nearby ghetto, Lidia is determined to do what she can to save more lives. With help from the local priest, she adopts Eva Diamant, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl in need of a safe home. As the girls form a new family, Lidia will go to extreme lengths to conceal her daughters’ real identities and get them through the war. 1946. It’s been years since Lidia had to fear for her girls, until a sudden knock on the door threatens to change their lives forever. On her doorstep stands a man who calls himself Adam Altman, claiming to be Sophie’s biological father. His story is full of horror and bravery, and he has gone through hell to retrieve his daughter. But Lidia did not risk everything for a stranger to tear apart her family. She will not give up her daughter without a fight. The Keeper of Lost Daughters is a poignant story of motherhood, courage, and the power of finding the light during the darkest time in history. Fans of Kelly Rimmer, Ellie Midwood, and Anna Stuart will be captivated by this emotional and inspiring page-turner.

If you would like to buy a copy for your Kindle or a hardcover edition, you can do so here. I hope you like it! I’m going to run and hide now.

Until next time!

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Reviews are love, folks!

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The Keeper of Lost Daughters

Well, today is the day. My first book, “The Keeper of Lost Daughters,” has been released today. Publishing a book has been a dream of mine since I was eleven. I’m somewhere between ecstatic and terrified. Ecstatic that my story is finally in print. Terrified of what the response will be. For better or for worse, it’s done. I’m a novelist now!

Here is the blurb:

The moment Lidia laid eyes on the abandoned baby on her doorstep, she knew she would risk everything to protect her forever. 1941, Krakow. Lidia Sobieska hears a knock on the door and is shocked to find a baby in a basket on her doorstep. Attached to the basket is a letter from the baby’s mother, begging to save her daughter Suzanne from the Nazis. Always wanting children of her own but unable to conceive, Lidia knows there is only one right thing to do. She names the baby Sophie and vows to do everything she can to love and protect her. As living conditions in Krakow worsen and food rations dwindle, Sophie becomes Lidia’s light. Witnessing the inhumane conditions of the nearby ghetto, Lidia is determined to do what she can to save more lives. With help from the local priest, she adopts Eva Diamant, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl in need of a safe home. As the girls form a new family, Lidia will go to extreme lengths to conceal her daughters’ real identities and get them through the war. 1946. It’s been years since Lidia had to fear for her girls, until a sudden knock on the door threatens to change their lives forever. On her doorstep stands a man who calls himself Adam Altman, claiming to be Sophie’s biological father. His story is full of horror and bravery, and he has gone through hell to retrieve his daughter. But Lidia did not risk everything for a stranger to tear apart her family. She will not give up her daughter without a fight. The Keeper of Lost Daughters is a poignant story of motherhood, courage, and the power of finding the light during the darkest time in history. Fans of Kelly Rimmer, Ellie Midwood, and Anna Stuart will be captivated by this emotional and inspiring page-turner.

If you would like to buy a copy for your Kindle or a hardcover edition, you can do so here. I hope you like it! I’m going to run and hide now.

Until next time!

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The Keeper of Lost Daughters

Well, today is the day. My first book, “The Keeper of Lost Daughters,” has been released today. Publishing a book has been a dream of mine since I was eleven. I’m somewhere between ecstatic and terrified. Ecstatic that my story is finally in print. Terrified of what the response will be. For better or for worse, it’s done. I’m a novelist now!

Here is the blurb:

The moment Lidia laid eyes on the abandoned baby on her doorstep, she knew she would risk everything to protect her forever. 1941, Krakow. Lidia Sobieska hears a knock on the door and is shocked to find a baby in a basket on her doorstep. Attached to the basket is a letter from the baby’s mother, begging to save her daughter Suzanne from the Nazis. Always wanting children of her own but unable to conceive, Lidia knows there is only one right thing to do. She names the baby Sophie and vows to do everything she can to love and protect her. As living conditions in Krakow worsen and food rations dwindle, Sophie becomes Lidia’s light. Witnessing the inhumane conditions of the nearby ghetto, Lidia is determined to do what she can to save more lives. With help from the local priest, she adopts Eva Diamant, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl in need of a safe home. As the girls form a new family, Lidia will go to extreme lengths to conceal her daughters’ real identities and get them through the war. 1946. It’s been years since Lidia had to fear for her girls, until a sudden knock on the door threatens to change their lives forever. On her doorstep stands a man who calls himself Adam Altman, claiming to be Sophie’s biological father. His story is full of horror and bravery, and he has gone through hell to retrieve his daughter. But Lidia did not risk everything for a stranger to tear apart her family. She will not give up her daughter without a fight. The Keeper of Lost Daughters is a poignant story of motherhood, courage, and the power of finding the light during the darkest time in history. Fans of Kelly Rimmer, Ellie Midwood, and Anna Stuart will be captivated by this emotional and inspiring page-turner.

If you would like to buy a copy for your Kindle or a hardcover edition, you can do so here. I hope you like it! I’m going to run and hide now.

Until next time!

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