Welcome to the Blog Tour for A Novel-Tea Evening with Authors including Lynn Austin, Susie Finkbeiner, Jocelyn Green, Laura Frantz, Kate Breslin, Amanda Barratt, and Joanna Davidson Politano, sponsored by JustRead Publicity Tours!
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A Novel-Tea Evening with Authors
September 2, 2023 at 7 p.m.
Palmer House Hilton Hotel, Chicago
Join us at 7 p.m. on Saturday, September 2, at Chicago’s historic Palmer House Hilton Hotel for a tasteful evening with tea and talk of books, writing, history, and the power of story. Emceed by Chris Jager of Baker Book House, seven novelists will share what inspires them, tales from the research files, what they’ve learned on the journey, and their hope for readers.
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About Within These Walls of Sorrow
Title: Within These Walls of Sorrow
Author: Amanda Barratt
Publisher: Kregel Publications
Release Date: January 17, 2023
Genre: Christian Historical Fiction
As superbly written as it is haunting in its truth. – Kate Breslin, best-selling author of For Such a Time
Zosia Lewandowska knows the brutal realities of war all too well. Within weeks of Germany’s invasion of her Polish homeland, she lost the man she loves. As ghetto walls rise and the occupiers tighten their grip on the city of Krakow, Zosia joins pharmacist Tadeusz Pankiewicz and his staff in the heart of the Krakow ghetto as they risk their lives to aid the Jewish people trapped by Nazi oppression.
Hania Silverman’s carefree girlhood is shattered as her family is forced into the ghetto. Struggling to survive in a world hemmed in by walls and rife with cruelty and despair, she encounters Zosia, her former neighbor, at the pharmacy. As deportation winnow the ghetto’s population and snatch those she holds dear, Hania’s natural resiliency is exhausted by reality.
Zodia and Hania’s lives intertwine as they face the griefs and fears thrust upon them by war, until one day, they are forced to make a desperate choice . . . one that will inexorably bind them together, even as they are torn apart.
Amanda Barratt’s meticulous research and lush, award-winning writing shine once again in this moving look at a group of unsung heroes who fought for hope and humanity in the most harrowing of times.
An unflinching tale that implores readers to stop and see, not a massive crowd of people, but individual hearts and souls. This book will linger in your heart and mind long after you’ve read the final page. –Amanda Cox, Christy Award-winning author of The Edge of Belonging
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Amanda Barratt is the ECPA best-selling author of several novels and novellas, including My Dearest Dietrich. She is a member of American Christian Fiction
Writers and a two-time FHL Reader’s Choice Award finalist. She and her family live in northern Michigan.
Connect with Amanda by visiting amandabarratt.net to follow her on social media or subscribe to email newsletter updates.
Excerpt from Within These Walls of Sorrow by Amanda Barratt
Ghetto. The stone in my stomach grows heavier, colder. This will not be the first time Kraków’s Jewish population has been driven into a separate district of the city. It’s as if we’ve gone back to the 15th century and are once again being forced into isolation.
The Germans have already established ghettos in Warsaw and other smaller towns in occupied Poland.
Kraków, the city of my birth and the capital of the Generalgouvernement—the Polish territory under German rule but not annexed to the Reich—is next.
“Surely they won’t keep us prisoner.” Mama twists her clasped hands atop the tablecloth.
“I wouldn’t be so sure.” Szymon shoves hair off his forehead. “The Nazis would like nothing better than to lock us all up. Anyone who can’t see it is either delusional or stupid.”
“Don’t speak to your mama like that.”
I start at the harshness in Tata’s tone. In all my growing up years, my mild-mannered tata rarely raised his voice to us, disciplining his children with firm but quiet words, the shame we felt at having displeased him worse than the pain of any punishment.
About All the NovelTea Authors
LYNN AUSTIN, whose titles include Long Way Home, Chasing Shadows, and If I Were You. Connect with her at LynnAustin.org.
AMANDA BARRATT, whose titles include Within These Walls of Sorrow, The White Rose Resists, and My Dearest Dietrich. Connect with her at AmandaBarratt.net.
KATE BRESLIN, whose titles include In Love’s Time, As Dawn Breaks, and Far Side of the Sea. Connect with her at KateBreslin.com.
SUSIE FINKBEINER, whose titles include The All-American, The Nature of Small Birds, and All Manner of Things. Connect with her at SusieFinkbeiner.com.
LAURA FRANTZ, whose titles include The Rose and the Thistle, A Heart Adrift, and Tidewater Bride. Connect with her at LauraFrantz.net.
JOCELYN GREEN, whose titles include The Metropolitan Affair, The Windy City Saga series, and The Mark of the King. Connect with her at JocelynGreen.com.
JOANNA DAVIDSON POLITANO, whose titles include The Lost Melody, A Midnight Dance, and The Love Note. Connect with her at JDPStories.com.
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thanks so much for sharing the excerpt & event info!
Thank you for sharing.
Tank You for sharing
Marion
I would so love to meet these amazing authors!
Wouldn’t that be a fun event to be at!
Sounds great.